Las Cruces Police Jail

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The Las Cruces Police Jail is located at 217 East Picacho Avenue in Las Cruces, NM and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Las Cruces Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Las Cruces Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Las Cruces Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Dona Ana County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that could help others will be appreciated.

Las Cruces Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Las Cruces Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also get information on anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Las Cruces Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Las Cruces Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some simple questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take between 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Las Cruces Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Las Cruces Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Las Cruces Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 575-528-4089 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Las Cruces Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Las Cruces Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Las Cruces Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Las Cruces 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 Las Cruces 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 Las Cruces 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants online or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Dona Ana County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Dona Ana County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Las Cruces Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the Las Cruces Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Las Cruces 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 Las Cruces Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 575-528-4089 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 Las Cruces Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Las Cruces Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 575-528-4089

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 the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls are shared 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 Las Cruces Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower 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 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 call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Las Cruces Police Jail, click the link below.

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