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Santa Fe County Jail Information

Address

Santa Fe County Jail
4312 State Highway 14
Santa Fe, NM 87508

Phone Number

Phone: (505) 471-4941

The Santa Fe County Jail is located at 4312 State Highway 14 in Santa Fe, NM and is a medium security county jail operated by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything related to the Santa Fe County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Santa Fe County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Santa Fe County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that has gone to jail and need to locate them? Do you know a family member or friend who’s been arrested and you want to locate them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Santa Fe County Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Santa Fe County Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information for anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Santa Fe County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Santa Fe County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Santa Fe County Jail Visitation

Inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Santa Fe County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Santa Fe County Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Santa Fe County Jail at (505) 471-4941 before you go to visitation.

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

To visit someone at the Santa Fe County Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Make 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 mobile phones at Santa Fe County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 a 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Santa Fe County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Santa Fe County 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Santa Fe County Jail is:

Santa Fe County Jail
4312 State Highway 14
Santa Fe, NM 87508

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Santa Fe County Jail
4312 State Highway 14
Santa Fe, NM 87508

The Santa Fe County Jail mail policy is always changing, so it would be best to visit the official website when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Santa Fe County 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 Santa Fe County 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Santa Fe County jail website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Santa Fe County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Santa Fe County Jail can change at any time, so be sure to check the Santa Fe County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Santa Fe County 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 Santa Fe County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (505) 471-4941 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 Santa Fe County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use 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 money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Santa Fe County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Santa Fe County Jail phone number is: (505) 471-4941

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, 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 Santa Fe County 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 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 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 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Santa Fe County Jail, click the link below.

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