Facilities · Jail

Pueblo County Detention Center

Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado · capacity 780

Also reported as Pueblo County Jail; Pueblo city jail; jail at South Pueblo.

10 deaths are recorded here, from 1882 to 2026; 9 by name.

lynching 4
undetermined 4
illness 1
staff force 1

The people

Heather M. Ruiz April 9, 2026
Scott H. Wagner March 16, 2026
Name not reported June 24, 2025
Marissa Fresquez June 23, 2022
Dawn Castro March 3, 2020
Joseph Jaramillo February 29, 2016
Jose Gonzales September 13, 1919
Salvador Ortiz September 13, 1919
W. T. Phebus March 31, 1882
J. W. McGrew March 31, 1882

History and conditions

Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.