Cheyenne County Parole and Probation
Parole and probation are both forms of supervision, but they start in different places. A Cheyenne County probation case begins in court. It may follow a plea, a deferred judgment, a jail sentence, or a sentence that keeps the person in the community under court control. The Cheyenne County Probation page places that work in the 15th Judicial District and lists the district probation contact. A probation record is not proof that a person was released from a county jail. It is proof that the court ordered supervision after a case event.
Parole is a state-prison release path. It applies after a person has entered Colorado Department of Corrections custody, received a parole hearing or mandatory release path, and is released from prison to CDOC adult parole. A Cheyenne County arrest can become a parole case only if the court sentence sends the person to CDOC. A local bond release, time-served jail sentence, or court probation sentence should not be described as parole unless the CDOC record or parole board record supports it.
| Supervision type | Who controls it | Where to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Probation | Cheyenne County court and the 15th Judicial District | Court record, probation department, Register of Action |
| Parole | CDOC and the Colorado State Board of Parole | CDOC offender search, Par. Board search, Adult Parole |
| Sentence discharge | Court or CDOC, depending on sentence type | Final court order, CDOC status, parole completion record |
- Parole
- Release from state-prison custody to CDOC supervision before final sentence discharge.
- Probation
- A court sentence or order that places the person under judicial supervision.
- Absconder
- A supervised person who is alleged to have stopped reporting or cannot be located by the supervising agency.
- Discharge
- The end of supervision or sentence control when the official record shows completion.
Verify Cheyenne County Supervision
A released Cheyenne County person may have no supervision at all, may have probation through the 15th Judicial District, or may have parole through CDOC. The first task is to identify the legal path. If the person left a contracted jail after bond, the Cheyenne County court record will usually explain the next hearing and bond terms. If the person was sentenced to probation, the court disposition and probation office are the right sources. If the person was transported to CDOC, the CDOC offender search becomes the better state record.
- Search the Cheyenne County court record or request the Register of Action for the case. Look for disposition, deferred judgment, probation, revocation, jail plus probation, or sentence to CDOC.
- For probation, contact the 15th Judicial District probation path listed on the Cheyenne County Judicial Branch page. Ask what public information can be released about active supervision.
- For parole, search CDOC by DOCNO when known, or by name and gender when the DOC number is not known. Open the matching record and review status, parole-board links, and release or discharge fields.
- Use the CDOC Par. Board search route for hearing information when a state-prison parole decision is the issue.
- If the person is still in custody or recently moved, use Colorado VINE for notification support and confirm the result with the agency that holds the record.
Cheyenne County's lack of a county-run jail roster makes court and state records more important. Absence from a local jail page is not proof that supervision ended. It may mean the person was housed by a contracted jail, was never in CDOC, was released on bond, or is supervised by a court office rather than a jail. The broader custody path for named-person searches is covered on the Cheyenne County released inmates home page.
Cheyenne County Probation Contact
Cheyenne County probation is district-based. The Colorado Judicial Branch lists Cheyenne County in the 15th Judicial District, and the research identifies Chief Probation Officer Stephanie Hofmeister as the listed probation contact. That matters because a released person may report to a district office serving several eastern Colorado counties, not to a Cheyenne County jail desk. Probation questions should be framed around the court case and sentence terms.
Cheyenne County Probation
Agency: 15th Judicial District Probation
Chief Probation Officer: Stephanie Hofmeister
Phone: 719-336-8340
For parole, use the CDOC and State Board of Parole path instead. The parole-board interface is connected to the CDOC public offender search, and it is relevant only after state-prison custody enters the case. A person who served only a local jail sentence or received court probation should not be routed to the parole board unless another CDOC sentence exists.
The CDOC Par. Board search page is the public source captured for parole-hearing lookup. The image below shows the CDOC parole-board route used for state-prison parole research.
Use that route for hearing data or parole-board status, then match the result back to the CDOC offender record and the Cheyenne County court sentence.
Cheyenne County Reentry Supervision
The local reentry landscape is not Cheyenne-only. Research Section 19 notes that the 15th Judicial District Community Corrections organization covers Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Prowers, while Cheyenne County probation uses the 15th Judicial District contact path. That district structure helps explain why a released person may have obligations outside a Cheyenne Wells jail setting.
Community corrections and probation terms can appear in the court record, while parole terms come from CDOC. A person released from a contracted jail may leave custody with a next court date, a bond condition, or probation instructions. A person released from a Colorado prison may leave CDOC custody to parole and still have reporting rules. Those are different release outcomes, and they should be verified through different offices.
Note: District-based supervision means a Cheyenne County case can involve offices and programs serving several nearby counties.
Cheyenne County Violation Status
Probation and parole conditions are case-specific. Common public records may show the existence of probation, a revocation filing, a warrant event, a parole hearing, or a return to custody. They do not always show every term of supervision. A court Register of Action may list probation review, revocation, warrant return, or sentence events. CDOC may show parole status, parole-board fields, revocation, or discharge when those details are part of the public offender record.
| Status question | Best first source | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Was probation ordered? | Cheyenne County court record | The sentence and disposition control probation. |
| Is the person on parole? | CDOC offender search | Parole follows state-prison custody. |
| Was supervision revoked? | Court or CDOC, based on supervision type | Revocation can return a person to custody. |
| Is there a local absconder list? | No Cheyenne County-specific list was found | Use the supervising agency and court record instead. |
No Cheyenne County-specific public parole absconder or probation warrant list was found in the research. Do not substitute a generic list unless a sourced Cheyenne County or Colorado supervising-agency source supports it. When status is unclear, the safer route is to identify the type of supervision and ask the proper custodian what public record can be released.
Cheyenne County Supervision Discharge
Supervision ends through a court or corrections record, not through a jail roster. Probation may end when the court record shows completion, early termination, revocation and resentencing, or another final order. Parole may end when CDOC shows sentence discharge or another state status that closes supervision. A person can be released from jail but still be on probation. A person can be released from prison but still be on parole. Release and discharge are related, but they are not the same event.
Colorado parole eligibility is governed by C.R.S. 17-22.5-403, and earned-time provisions are addressed in C.R.S. 17-22.5-405. Those statutes affect state-prison parole and release timing, not ordinary county probation after a local sentence. For Cheyenne County, that distinction is especially important because the county does not operate its own jail and local custody records may sit with a contracted jail.