Los Lunas Police Jail

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The Los Lunas Police Jail is located at 660 Main Street Northwest in Los Lunas, NM and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Los Lunas Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Los Lunas Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Los Lunas Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others is welcome.

Los Lunas Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Los Lunas Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Los Lunas Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Los Lunas Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the telephone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge has to decide on your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Los Lunas Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Los Lunas Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 505-839-3855 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Los Lunas Police Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Los Lunas Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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, the minor 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 Los Lunas Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Los Lunas 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 Los Lunas 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 Los Lunas 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Valencia County jail website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Valencia County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates change frequently, so be sure to double check the Los Lunas Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Los Lunas 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 Los Lunas Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 505-839-3855 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 Los Lunas 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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

All phone calls from the Los Lunas Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Los Lunas Police Jail phone number is: 505-839-3855

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Los Lunas Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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