Sterling Facility Releases

Where Sterling Releases Go

CDOC identifies Sterling Correctional Facility as a northeast Colorado prison, approximately 120 miles northeast of Denver. The research lists the facility at 12101 CO 61, Sterling, CO, with switchboard 970-521-5010 and mailing address P.O. Box 6000, Sterling, CO 80751. It opened in June 1999 and uses multiple custody levels, including minimum, minimum-restricted, medium, and close custody. Those facts make Sterling an important regional reference, but they do not make it a Sedgwick County facility.

A Sedgwick County resident sentenced to state prison may be housed at Sterling or somewhere else in the CDOC system. The local jail record may show a transfer to CDOC, and the Sedgwick Combined Court record may show a mittimus or sentence, but the later prison release belongs to the state system. When someone leaves Sterling, the public confirmation path is the CDOC offender search, parole-board links, parole office, CWISE, Colorado VINE if active, and CDOC records. The county sheriff cannot compute the state release date after transfer.

The release outcome from Sterling can also vary. A person may be released to parole, transferred to another DOC facility, moved to community corrections, discharged from sentence control, or held for another authority. A state-prison release to parole means the person may be in the community under supervision, not that all obligations are finished. A discharge is different from first physical release from prison.

How to Confirm a Sterling Release

Use CDOC offender search first. Search by DOC number if available because CDOC search tips identify it as the primary department identifier. If the DOC number is not known, search by last name, first name, and gender, then compare the result carefully. Open the result and read status, facility, date fields, and parole-board links exactly as they appear. If the person is no longer listed at Sterling, do not assume community release. The record may show transfer, parole, discharge, or another status.

1. Search the official CDOC offender search using DOC number or name.
2. Verify whether the current or last facility references Sterling Correctional Facility.
3. Read the status and date labels without renaming them.
4. Check parole-board links or calendars if the release depends on parole action.
5. Call CWISE or the Sterling Parole Office for supervision routing when the person is on parole.
6. Use Sedgwick Combined Court only to confirm the original county sentence, not the final DOC release calculation.

CDOC's disclaimer says database information can be inaccurate and users should contact CDOC to confirm information. That is especially important with projected dates, mandatory release dates, parole eligibility dates, and discharge dates. A screenshot may be useful for notes, but disputed release status should be confirmed through official CDOC or parole channels.

Sterling Records and Contact

Sterling's switchboard is listed as 970-521-5010. The mailing address is P.O. Box 6000, Sterling, CO 80751. For public release lookup, do not start by treating the prison as a county jail. Use the statewide CDOC offender search first, then use CDOC records or parole contacts as needed. If the person is under supervision after release, the Sterling Parole Office at 226 N. 3rd Street, Sterling, CO 80751, phone 970-522-7815, is the regional parole contact documented in the research. CWISE at 800-426-9143 is available every day at all hours.

For a Sedgwick County case, keep the records chain intact. The sheriff record may show transfer from local custody. The court record may show the sentence or mittimus. The CDOC record shows state custody, parole, release, or discharge status. The parole office or CWISE can assist with supervision contact. Each source answers a different part of the release history.

About Sterling Correctional Facility

Sterling Correctional Facility is the nearby regional state-prison landmark for this site, but it is in Logan County rather than Sedgwick County. It is included because Sedgwick County users may search for a person who left the county jail for CDOC and then was housed in northeast Colorado. CDOC may house people anywhere in the state, so Sterling should be understood as a useful regional reference, not the only possible destination.

State prisons hold sentenced people under CDOC authority. That differs from a local jail, which may hold pretrial detainees, people awaiting transport, or short-sentence inmates. A Sedgwick County jail release can be bond, time served, dismissal, court order, or transfer. A Sterling release is a state-prison event, usually tied to parole, discharge, time computation, or state transfer. The language and records are different.

State Release Dates and Parole

Release dates from a state facility are not simple calendar guesses. They can change because of earned time, good time, credits, sentence changes, concurrent or consecutive terms, disciplinary deductions, holds, and parole-board decisions. Colorado law also has offense-date and offense-type rules, including HB24-1127 changes for certain violent offenses committed on or after July 1, 2024. Do not say every prisoner serves one uniform percentage. Use the exact CDOC field label and confirm disputed calculations with CDOC.

When CDOC shows a parole-board link, check whether the issue is a hearing, decision, release, or supervision status. The parole-board calendar is subject to change and is not itself a release list. If a person leaves Sterling for parole in northeast Colorado, use the Sterling Parole Office and CWISE for supervision routing. If the person is discharged, the question is sentence completion rather than first day out of prison.

How Sterling Connects to Sedgwick County

The local Sedgwick County path begins with the sheriff and Sedgwick Combined Court. If the case ends in a state prison sentence, the path moves to CDOC. Sterling is relevant because it is close regionally and because the parole office in Sterling serves as a northeast Colorado contact point. It is not a replacement for the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, and it is not a source for a county 24-hour release list.

Sterling, CDOC, court, sheriff, VINE, BOP, ICE, and registry records each answer a different release or custody question. Use the record source that matches the custody type, then confirm uncertain dates with CDOC, Adult Parole, the court, or the sheriff. A state-prison release record should not be treated as a Sedgwick County jail release record.