Jail in each county
C.R.S. § 17-26-101
in effect17-26-101. Jail in each county. There shall be maintained in each county in this state, at the expense of the county, a county jail for the detention, safekeeping, and confinement of persons and prisoners lawfully committed. Nothing in this article shall be construed to compel the erection of jails in counties having a population of less than two thousand or when the county owns a jail erected in any other place in the county.
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