Lovington Police Jail

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The Lovington Police Jail is located at 213 South Love Street in Lovington, NM and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lovington Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Lovington Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Lovington Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Lea County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

Lovington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lovington Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information for anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Lovington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lovington Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer some questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to be released that morning.

Lovington Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Lovington Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Lovington Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 575-396-2811 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Lovington Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Lovington Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Lovington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lovington Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Lovington Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Lovington Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Lea County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Lea County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Lea County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Lovington Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to review the Lovington Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lovington Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Lovington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 575-396-2811 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Lovington Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lovington Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Lovington Police Jail phone number is: 575-396-2811

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Lovington Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Lovington Police Jail, click the link below.

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