Sierra County Detention Facility

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The Sierra County Detention Facility is located at 301 North Date Street in Truth Or Consequences, NM and is a medium security county jail operated by the Sierra County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Sierra County Detention Facility, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Sierra County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Sierra County Detention Facility Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sierra County Detention Facility Inmate List is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and times you can visit. You can also find info for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Sierra County Detention Facility Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Sierra County Detention Facility 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 have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Sierra County Detention Facility Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s name to the Sierra County Detention Facility before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Sierra County Detention Facility are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at (575) 894-2537 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Sierra County Detention Facility you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Sierra County Detention Facility, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Sierra County Detention Facility. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sierra County Detention Facility 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 Sierra County Detention Facility. 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 Sierra County Detention Facility 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, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Sierra County court website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know 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 have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Sierra County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or 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 may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Sierra County Detention Facility could change, so double check the Sierra County Detention Facility site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sierra County Detention Facility

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 Sierra County Detention Facility uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (575) 894-2537 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 Sierra County Detention Facility store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

All phone calls from the Sierra County Detention Facility are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep 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 ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: (575) 894-2537

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money 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 Sierra County Detention Facility. 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 learning 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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