Inmate population
Current population
The total number of all inmates incarcerated at the Mesa County Detention Facility.
- Currently, the Mesa County Detention Facility has 553 beds with additional temporary bed space in our booking area
- It was originally designed with the capacity to house 392 inmates
- We’ve remodeled and made adjustments to accommodate our expanding jail population.
- While these adjustments have increased our total number of beds, the facility's footprint has not changed
Target population
- Our target population is less than 442 inmates or less than 80% of the total number of inmates we can house
- When at or under our target population, we can more effectively house the diverse classifications of inmates
- For example
- Females cannot be housed together with males, and
- Often, co-defendants in a case cannot be housed together
- For the safety and security of our inmates, it is our responsibility to house known violent inmates away from those not known to be violent
- When our population rises above 80% of available bed space, it is difficult to house our different inmate populations appropriately