Socorro County Detention Center

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The Socorro County Detention Center is located at 200 Church Street in Socorro, NM and is a medium security county jail operated by the Socorro County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Socorro County Detention Center, like how to find an inmate at the Socorro County Detention Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that could help others will be much appreciated.

Socorro County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Socorro County Detention Center Inmate Roster is a roster of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get info for anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information more quickly if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Socorro County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Socorro County Detention Center is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, it can depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to get discharged that morning.

Socorro County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Socorro County Detention Center in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the jail at (505) 835-0945 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Socorro County Detention Center you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Socorro County Detention Center, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 the 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 Socorro County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Socorro 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 Socorro 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 Socorro 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Socorro County court website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear 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, as well as their arrest date, contact the Socorro County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Socorro County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail might change, so we suggest that you check the Socorro County Detention Center website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Socorro 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 Socorro County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (505) 835-0945 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 Socorro County Detention Center store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products 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 Socorro County Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (505) 835-0945

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Socorro County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 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 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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