Eddy County Detention Center

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The Eddy County Detention Center is located at 201 North Main in Carlsbad, NM and is a medium security county jail operated by the Eddy County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything related to the Eddy County Detention Center, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Eddy County Detention Center, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Eddy County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and advice you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Eddy County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eddy County Detention Center Inmate Search is a list of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find info for anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Eddy County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Eddy County Detention Center is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, your 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 ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Eddy County Detention Center Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Eddy County Detention Center before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Eddy County Detention Center frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (575) 887-7556 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Eddy County Detention Center you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Eddy County Detention Center, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Eddy County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eddy County Detention Center 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 Eddy County Detention Center. 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 Eddy County Detention Center 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 arrest warrants on the Eddy County court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Eddy County Detention Center can change at any time, so you should check the Eddy County Detention Center website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eddy County Detention Center

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 Eddy County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (575) 887-7556 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 Eddy County Detention Center store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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 Eddy County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (575) 887-7556

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 the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Eddy County Detention Center. The prices 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 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 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 circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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