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Sterling Correctional Facility Overview

The official CDOC Sterling Correctional Facility page describes SCF as a Colorado Department of Corrections prison in the northeast corner of Colorado. It is physically located in Logan County, but it is operated by CDOC rather than the Logan County Sheriff's Office. That distinction controls the inmate lookup path, visitation process, mail address, and population reporting. County jail phone staff are not the source for state prison status unless the person is still in county custody before transfer.

SCF holds sentenced Colorado prisoners. The CDOC facility page lists Minimum, Minimum-Restricted, Medium, Close general population, and Close Management Control Comprehensive custody levels. It also states that the facility opened in June 1999, covers 100 acres of a 765-acre site, and has an 80-acre interior perimeter. Warden Jeff Long is listed in the research as the warden on the facility page. Current capacity and population figures are not stated in the body of the Sterling page; CDOC routes those figures through monthly statistics and population reports.

The CDOC facility source provides the prison profile, visiting instructions, mailing address, and switchboard information.

The official prison profile is the right source for facility facts, while the statewide locator is the right source for a person-specific custody search.

Sterling Correctional Facility Lookup

Sterling Correctional Facility inmates are searched through Colorado's Find an Inmate service and CDOC records, not through the Logan County jail channel. This is the main point for families who know the prison is in Sterling but do not know whether the person is in county custody or state custody. A newly arrested person in a Logan County case starts with the sheriff and local court. A person sentenced to prison moves into CDOC reception, classification, and facility assignment. Once that happens, the state prison locator is the correct search route.

1. Start with Colorado's Find an Inmate service and follow the link to the CDOC inmate database.
2. Search by name or DOC number when that number is known.
3. Review the result for current facility and custody status rather than assuming all Sterling arrests go to SCF.
4. Use the Sterling facility page for visiting, mail, and facility contact details after the locator confirms the prison assignment.
5. If the person was recently arrested and no CDOC result appears, check Logan County Detention Center and the Logan County court path.

The state Find an Inmate source is the public starting point for sentenced CDOC custody searches.

Using the state locator first prevents the common error of treating a CDOC prison inmate as a Logan County jail detainee.

Sterling Prison Contact

CDOC publishes separate physical, phone, and mailing details for Sterling Correctional Facility. The street address is used to identify the facility location. The P.O. Box is the published mailing address in the research. The switchboard is the main facility phone route. Visiting questions have a separate visiting staff email and a follow-up line listed in the research for scheduling confirmation.

The facility is not a sheriff office counter. For county jail custody, start with Logan County Detention Center. For SCF, use CDOC facility, locator, visitation, and statistics sources. The two systems can connect through a criminal case, but the public search tools are separate.

Sterling Correctional Facility Population

The CDOC Sterling page does not publish a current population number in the facility profile text captured in the research. Instead, CDOC's statistics page is the official route for monthly population and capacity reports. The research file notes that CDOC lists current-year and historical monthly reports, but the January 2026 report opened as a Google Drive loading page and no extractable Sterling count was captured. Because of that, no current population or capacity number is stated here.

The CDOC statistics source is where current monthly population and capacity reports are maintained.

Use those reports for current capacity or count work instead of copying numbers from non-official prison profiles.

Sterling Correctional Facility Visits

Sterling visitation follows CDOC prison rules and facility scheduling, not Logan County jail video visitation. Visitors must be approved before visiting. The research says applications must be signed, include valid photo ID, and may be sent by U.S. mail or emailed to the Sterling visiting staff. If a visit is denied, the facility page says the visitor can write Warden Jeff Long at the prison mailing address for reconsideration.

SCF uses 28-day sessions that begin Friday and end Thursday. Each session has four blocks that rotate general population areas. Scheduling is handled in Mountain Standard Time. Requests may be emailed up to seven days before the visit and are not accepted after 8:00 a.m. the day before the visit. Available slots are first come and limited by fire safety occupancy load. If no confirmation arrives by noon the day before the visit, the research lists 970-521-8300 for follow-up between 7:30 a.m. and 5:45 p.m., or the visiting staff email.

CDOC statewide visitation rules require valid photo ID for approved adult visitors. Visitors, vehicles, and property are subject to search. Refusing search procedures can lead to denial and removal from the property. Medium-or-higher custody facilities use UV hand stamps. Dress restrictions include no exposed cleavage, back, stomach, midriff, or underarm; no solid green, orange, or white clothing; no camouflage; no cargo pants; no hats except approved religious or disability items; and no hooded garments in the visiting area.

Sterling Prison Mail and Money

Sterling Correctional Facility uses the CDOC prison communication system rather than the Logan County jail mail and kiosk rules. The research gives the prison mailing address as P.O. Box 6000, Sterling, CO 80751. It does not extract a Sterling-specific money fee table from the CDOC source, so no deposit fee or vendor fee is stated as a fixed amount. CDOC statewide resources include categories for contact with inmates, sending money, banking, canteen, restitution, education, medical, case management, and reentry. Those are CDOC rules, not sheriff rules.

Mail should be addressed under current CDOC instructions, including the inmate's committed name and DOC number when CDOC requires it. The research did not provide a full envelope format beyond the prison P.O. Box, so verify the complete format before mailing. Do not send jail payments, county bond money, or Logan County Detention Center deposits for a person who is already in Sterling Correctional Facility.

Logan County Jail vs Sterling Prison

Logan County's two named facilities serve different custody systems. The county jail is run by the sheriff and is tied to arrest, booking, bond, local court, video visitation, JailATM, and sheriff records requests. Sterling Correctional Facility is run by CDOC and is tied to prison sentence, classification, facility assignment, approved visiting lists, prison mail, and CDOC reports. A person can pass from one system into the other after conviction and sentencing, but the public should not use one system as a substitute for the other.

For a recently booked local detainee, use the Logan County Detention Center custody path before assuming the person has entered state prison.

About Sterling Correctional Facility

SCF is one of the major state prison facilities physically located in Logan County. CDOC describes it as about 120 miles northeast of Denver, with multiple custody levels and a large secured site. The research file also notes that CDOC publishes resources beyond the Sterling profile, including intake process, classifications, case management, medical and mental health, education, library, programs, parole and reentry services, victim services, records, statistics, and PREA resources. Those statewide resources are relevant after a person has become a CDOC inmate.

Federal and immigration custody are separate again. No official BOP prison or ICE detention facility was identified inside Logan County in the research. A person with a federal case may appear in BOP or U.S. Marshals channels, and a person in immigration custody may appear in ICE ODLS or the ICE Contact Center. Those systems do not publish Logan County jail mugshots and do not replace CDOC records for a sentenced state prisoner at Sterling.