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Colorado Parole Release Path

The Colorado State Board of Parole and CDOC Division of Adult Parole cover state-prison parole. A parole grant does not always mean the person has walked out. Release planning, detainers, rescission, paperwork, or a new hold can change the physical release. A person can also be arrested later on a parole warrant and appear in a county jail while the supervision question remains state-level.

For Ouray County released inmates, parole should be checked only after a state sentence or CDOC parole record appears. Start with the Colorado DOC offender search, then use the parole calendar or case manager route when a hearing or board action is the issue.

Parole Calendar and Hearings

The CDOC parole board calendar lists hearing months and warns that schedules are subject to change. It says modifications made by DOC will be available the following business day. It also states parole board hearings are open to the public with advance arrangements. Application and rescission hearing attendance is coordinated through the offender's case manager, while revocation hearing attendance is coordinated through the jail where the offender is located.

The official calendar screenshot below shows the state source for hearing schedules.

Use the calendar for hearing timing, then verify a person's actual custody status through CDOC or the jail handling a revocation.

Ouray Parole Verification

Parole is not the same as probation. Probation usually comes from the sentencing court and is supervised by the Colorado Judicial Department's probation department. Parole follows a state-prison sentence and is handled by CDOC. For Ouray County probation, the relevant local office is tied to the Seventh Judicial District and Montrose probation office, not the parole board.

1. Search CDOC by DOC number or name.
2. Read the parole or custody wording in the offender record.
3. Check the parole calendar if a hearing is pending or recent.
4. Use Ouray court records for the sentence, mittimus, or probation order.
5. Call the jail listed in a revocation matter when the person is locally held.

Note: A parole eligibility date is not the same as an actual release date.

Parole Statutes and Dates

Colorado parole eligibility and earned time are governed by statutes such as C.R.S. 17-22.5-403 and C.R.S. 17-22.5-405. The serve percentage depends on offense date, offense type, sentence, earned time, disciplinary history, board action, detainers, and court orders. Do not reduce an Ouray state-prison case to one fixed percentage.

For a computed date, use Inmate Release Date. For supervision status after release, use Parole / Probation. For a county-only case, return to Montrose jail and Ouray court records.

Request the Matching Release Record

The record request should be narrow and should name the system that likely holds the proof. For an Ouray arrest, ask the Ouray County Sheriff for any incident, arrest, transport, or release-related record in its custody. For a jail booking or discharge tied to the regional jail channel, ask Montrose County Sheriff for the booking record, release entry, bond paperwork if applicable, mittimus paperwork if applicable, and any transfer destination. For a court-driven release, ask Ouray County Combined Court for the bond order, mittimus, sentence, disposition, warrant status, probation order, or register of actions.

Include the person name, date of birth or age if known, arrest date or date range, booking number if known, and case number if available. If the agency says the record is outside its custody, use that response to route the next request rather than starting over. Colorado records can be reviewed, redacted, withheld, or delayed under CORA, CCJRA, court order, active-investigation limits, victim privacy, or sealing rules, so a clean request improves the chance of a useful answer.

When Release Systems Disagree

Ouray County release research often produces mismatched public signals. The Montrose current inmate list may no longer show the person, while VINE may still be updating, the court docket may show a bond or mittimus event, and CDOC or a federal locator may show a later custody stage. Treat the newest official source as a clue, not as the whole record. A release from one custody system can be followed by transfer, parole, probation, another hold, federal custody, immigration custody, or court conditions.

Resolve the mismatch by asking which system last had physical custody and which system has legal authority over the next step. If the question is whether the person left the jail, the jail release entry is the key record. If the question is why the person left, the court file or bond paperwork may explain it. If the question is where the person went after release, the transfer destination, CDOC record, BOP locator, ICE locator, or supervision record may be more useful than the old jail list.

Ouray Regional Release Map

For this Ouray County release path, the most important local fact is that records do not sit in one place. Ouray Sheriff may hold the incident or arrest record, Montrose County Jail may hold the booking and release entry, Ouray County Combined Court may hold the bond order or mittimus, and CDOC or another federal system may hold the later custody status. That regional split is why a missing name on the current jail list should be treated as the start of verification, not as the final answer.

When the public result is unclear, ask for the record that matches the agency role. Ask Ouray Sheriff for incident, arrest, transport, or agency records. Ask Montrose for jail booking, bond, mittimus, and release entries when the person was housed there. Ask the court for disposition, sentence, bond, warrant, probation, or sealing records. Ask CDOC, BOP, VINE, or ICE only when the custody path points to those systems. This keeps Ouray County released inmate research tied to official records instead of guesswork.

The same rule applies when this system page looks useful but does not own the custody event. Use it for the status it can prove, then return to the sheriff, jail, court, or corrections office for the record that explains the release reason and destination.