Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building

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The Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building is located at 3 Main Street in Tierra Amarilla, NM and is a medium security county jail operated by the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building, such as how to locate an inmate at the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information on anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building includes each of these steps:

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

First you will have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge has to figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s full name to the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building at (575) 588-7271 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building 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 Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building. 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 Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Rio Arriba County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind 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 jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Rio Arriba County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building jail inmates might change, so be sure to check the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building

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 Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (575) 588-7271 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 Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building store. You can purchase 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 on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building phone number is: (575) 588-7271

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Rio Arriba County Detention Center Building. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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