San Miguel County Detention Center

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The San Miguel County Detention Center is located at 26 NM 283 in Las Vegas, NM and is a medium security county jail operated by the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about anything one might want to know about the San Miguel County Detention Center, like how to find out who’s in jail at the San Miguel County Detention Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

San Miguel County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The San Miguel County Detention Center Inmate Roster has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info about anyone processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

San Miguel County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the San Miguel County Detention Center takes you through each of the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get released. It also might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

San Miguel County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give information about each visitor to the San Miguel County Detention Center before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official San Miguel County Detention Center at (505) 454-7403 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the San Miguel County Detention Center you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No mobile phones at San Miguel County Detention Center, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the San Miguel County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the San Miguel 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 San Miguel 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 San Miguel 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 court records online or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear 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, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to San Miguel County Detention Center inmates might change, so we suggest that you review the San Miguel County Detention Center site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at San Miguel 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 San Miguel County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (505) 454-7403 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 San Miguel County Detention Center store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use 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 the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their 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

All phone calls from the San Miguel County Detention Center are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on 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 there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (505) 454-7403

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 San Miguel County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 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 will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 San Miguel County Detention Center, click the link below.

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