Bloomfield Police Jail

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The Bloomfield Police Jail is located at 1110 North Rio Vista Road in Bloomfield, NM and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bloomfield Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Bloomfield Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Bloomfield Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bloomfield Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information on anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Bloomfield Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bloomfield Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked 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 will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Bloomfield Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s name to the Bloomfield Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Bloomfield Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at 505-632-6300 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Bloomfield Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Bloomfield Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. 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 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Bloomfield Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the San Juan County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Bloomfield Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 505-632-6300 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 Bloomfield Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bloomfield Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 505-632-6300

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 off of 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 Bloomfield Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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