Truth Or Consequences Police Jail

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The Truth Or Consequences Police Jail is located at 507 Mcadoo Street in Truth Or Consequences, NM and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Truth Or Consequences Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything related to the Truth Or Consequences Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others is welcome.

Truth Or Consequences Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Truth Or Consequences Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can find info on anybody who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Truth Or Consequences Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Truth Or Consequences Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer a number of questions, like your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Truth Or Consequences Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name to the Truth Or Consequences Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the official Truth Or Consequences Police Jail at 575-894-1204 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Truth Or Consequences Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Truth Or Consequences Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain 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 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 Truth Or Consequences Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Truth Or Consequences 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 Truth Or Consequences 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 Truth Or Consequences 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of 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 filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Sierra County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Sierra County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you review the Truth Or Consequences Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Truth Or Consequences 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 Truth Or Consequences Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 575-894-1204 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 Truth Or Consequences Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Truth Or Consequences Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 575-894-1204

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Truth Or Consequences Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 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 has set their phone 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 Truth Or Consequences Police Jail, click the link below.

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