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Official Contacts for Custody and Records

For a Cheyenne County arrest, begin with the local sheriff for arresting-agency questions. For detention questions, use Prowers County Jail because Cheyenne County does not operate a jail and the sheriff's Resources page links Detentions to Prowers County.

Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Michael L. Buchanan
91 East 1st St.
Cheyenne Wells, CO 80810
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, excluding county holidays
Dispatch: 719-767-5633
Office: 719-767-5634
Fax: 719-767-5023
Prowers County Jail
Operated by the Prowers County Sheriff's Office
103 East Oak Street
Lamar, CO 81052
Jail phone: 719-336-8050

Use the guides below to decide which office or lookup system matches the question you have.

  • For a current local detention question, start with jail inmate records and then contact Prowers County Jail if no online roster is available.
  • For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots before asking the records holder for a copy.
  • For charges, hearings, or case events after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest.
  • For facility details, use the Prowers County Jail page linked in the footer.
  • For a sentenced Colorado prisoner, use the Colorado Department of Corrections offender search rather than the county detention route.
  • For federal custody or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, U.S. Marshals routing, or ICE Online Detainee Locator System as applicable.