Elida Police Jail

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The Elida Police Jail is located at 704 Clark Street in Elida, NM and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Elida Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Elida Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that could help others would be much appreciated.

Elida Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elida Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Elida Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Elida Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get released that morning.

Elida Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Elida Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Elida Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Elida Police Jail at 575-274-6465 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Elida Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Elida Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Elida Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elida 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 Elida 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 Elida 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Roosevelt County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Roosevelt County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Elida Police Jail could change, so you should double check the Elida Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elida 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 Elida Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 575-274-6465 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 Elida Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Elida Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Elida Police Jail phone number is: 575-274-6465

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make are shared 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 Elida Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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