Silver City Police Jail

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The Silver City Police Jail is located at 1011 North Hudson Street in Silver City, NM and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Silver City Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Silver City Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Silver City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Silver City Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Silver City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Silver City Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a phone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Silver City Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give each visitor’s name to the Silver City Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Silver City Police Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Silver City Police Jail at 575-538-3723 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Silver City Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Silver City Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Silver City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Silver City 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 Silver City 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 Silver City 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records online or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Grant County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so you should check the Silver City Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Silver City 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 Silver City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 575-538-3723 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 Silver City Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items 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 Silver City Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

The Silver City Police Jail phone number is: 575-538-3723

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Silver City Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where 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 jail has set their phone call 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 Silver City Police Jail, click the link below.

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