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Otero County Jail Information

Address

Otero County Jail
222 East Second Street
La Junta, CO 81050

Phone Number

Phone Number: (719) 384-5941

The Otero County Jail is located at 222 East Second Street in La Junta, CO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Otero County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Otero County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Otero County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Otero County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that has gone to jail and need to find out where they are? Do you know somebody that’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find out where they are?

In order to look up who’s in jail at the Otero County Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Otero County Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info about anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Otero County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Otero County Jail is made up of these steps:

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

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get released that morning.

Otero County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s full name to the Otero County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Otero County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at (719) 384-5941 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 Otero County Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Otero County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Otero County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Otero 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 Otero County Jail is:

Otero County Jail
222 East Second Street
La Junta, CO 81050

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Otero County Jail
222 East Second Street
La Junta, CO 81050

The Otero County Jail mail policy changes, so you should visit the the Otero County Jail website before 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 Otero 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 Otero 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Otero County jail website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get 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, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Otero County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Otero County Jail change frequently, so we suggest that you check the Otero County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Otero 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 Otero County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (719) 384-5941 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 Otero County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Otero County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. 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, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Otero County Jail phone number is: (719) 384-5941

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Otero County Jail. 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 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 calling your inmate. 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 these cases, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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