Conejos County Sheriff

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The Conejos County Sheriff is located at 14044 County Rd. G.5 in Antonito, CO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Conejos County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Conejos County Sheriff, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Conejos County Sheriff, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Conejos County Sheriff Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Conejos County Sheriff Inmate Locator is a roster of people who are in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info on anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Conejos County Sheriff Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Conejos County Sheriff is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also will depend on if you have a cash bond or if the judge has to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Conejos County Sheriff Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Conejos County Sheriff in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at (719) 376-2196 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Conejos County Sheriff you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Conejos County Sheriff, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Conejos County Sheriff. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Conejos County Sheriff 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 Conejos County Sheriff. 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 Conejos County Sheriff 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep 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 jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Conejos County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Conejos County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates are always changing, so check the Conejos County Sheriff site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Conejos County Sheriff

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 Conejos County Sheriff uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (719) 376-2196 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 Conejos County Sheriff store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want 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 products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Conejos County Sheriff are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: (719) 376-2196

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each 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 these phone service providers make off of all 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 Conejos County Sheriff. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Conejos County Sheriff, click the link below.

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