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Chaves County Detention Center Information

Address

Chaves County Detention Center
3701 South Atkinson
Roswell, NM 88203

Phone Number

Phone: (505) 624-6517

The Chaves County Detention Center is located at 3701 South Atkinson in Roswell, NM and is a medium security county jail operated by the Chaves County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Chaves County Detention Center, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you advice and information that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Chaves County Detention Center Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is incarcerated and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you want to find out where they are?

In order to look up who’s in jail at the Chaves County Detention Center you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chaves County Detention Center Inmate Lookup is a list of people who are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info on anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Chaves County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Chaves County Detention Center is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Chaves County Detention Center Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Chaves County Detention Center in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Chaves County Detention Center are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Chaves County Detention Center at (505) 624-6517 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Chaves County Detention Center you must be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Chaves County Detention Center, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 a 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 Chaves County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chaves County Detention Center 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Chaves County Detention Center:

Chaves County Detention Center
3701 South Atkinson
Roswell, NM 88203

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Chaves County Detention Center
3701 South Atkinson
Roswell, NM 88203

The Chaves County Detention Center mail policy is always changing, so you should double check the official Chaves County Detention Center site when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Chaves County Detention Center. 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 Chaves County Detention Center 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Chaves County court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Chaves County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Chaves County Detention Center could change, so you should visit the Chaves County Detention Center site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chaves County Detention Center

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 Chaves County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (505) 624-6517 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 inmateâ€™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 Chaves County Detention Center store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely 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 purchase if they have enough 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

All phone calls from the Chaves County Detention Center are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (505) 624-6517

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Chaves County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 learning 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Chaves County Detention Center, click the link below.

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