Chaves County Detention Center Inmate Lookup

Chaves County Detention Center Overview

Chaves County Detention Center is a county-run detention operation in Roswell. The county detention department lists Adult Detention, Juvenile Detention, the Officer Training Academy, Court Services, and Offender Supervision under the broader detention-center function. For adult custody purposes, the facility is the local jail point for adults arrested in Chaves County who have not been sentenced to a state prison term, people serving local jail sentences, and people held while a court, release, bond, or transport issue is pending.

The county identifies the operator as Chaves County Detention Center / Chaves County, with Detention Administrator Michael Brisco listed for the detention department. That matters for records questions because the facility is not the New Mexico Corrections Department and it is not a federal prison. A county jail lookup should start with the jail or county public-records process. A state-prison lookup should move to NMCD, and a court-charge lookup should move to the New Mexico Courts case system.

Chaves County Detention Center Capacity and Population

A current rated capacity or current average daily population was not located in the available county material. The sourced population figure available for this facility is historical: the Prison Policy Initiative / Census table listed 277 prisoners for Chaves County Detention Center on the survey date of December 31, 2013. Treat that as a dated reference point, not a live jail count.

Population information for a local jail can change several times in one day because booking, court transport, bond posting, release processing, and transfers are active workflows. For a current custody question, use the jail phone line or the county records process instead of relying on a historical population table.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Chaves County Detention Center

No official public online roster was found for Chaves County Detention Center in the supplied research. The practical lookup path is a fallback chain: call the detention center, use the county public-records request process when a record is needed, check New Mexico Courts for court case details, and use the NMCD offender search only when the person has moved into state corrections custody. The county detention page is available at Chaves County Detention Center, and county public-records requests route through the county's request to inspect public records page.

1. Call Chaves County Detention Center at 575-624-6517 and ask whether the person is currently in adult detention custody.
2. If a formal record is needed, submit or review the county IPRA request process rather than assuming a web roster exists.
3. Search New Mexico Courts Case Lookup for related charges, court settings, case status, and filed criminal matters.
4. Use the NMCD Offender Search only for sentenced state prisoners, probation, or parole records. NMCD does not replace the county jail phone check.

Chaves County Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the facility phone number for immediate custody, visitation, mail, and money questions. Use written public-records channels when the request is about a document, booking record, policy, or other inspectable county record. Public hours are listed for regular weekday access, but custody operations continue outside public lobby hours.

Visiting Someone at Chaves County Detention Center

The county publishes an Adult Detention Visitation page for Chaves County Detention Center. Published in-person visitation is limited to specific days and time blocks. The research also notes Securus video visitation linked from the county detention page, so visitors should confirm whether an in-person visit, video visit, or both are available for the person they intend to see.

Published rules allow two visits per week. Up to two adults and three children may visit, and visitors must be on the visitation list, present identification, and sign up in the lobby. The county rules also prohibit phones, purses, backpacks, photos, and tape recordings. Anyone on the premises may be subject to search, so visitors should travel light and arrive with only required identification and approved items.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Chaves County Detention Center

The supplied county research did not locate published mail, money-deposit, commissary, or fee schedules for Chaves County Detention Center. Do not assume a vendor, deposit fee, mailing format, or commissary rule from another New Mexico jail. Call the facility before sending funds, mailing property, or relying on any third-party deposit page. Video visitation is associated with Securus through the county detention page, but the details of account setup, eligibility, and fees should be confirmed before a visit is scheduled.

Booking and Intake at Chaves County Detention Center

Booking at a county jail follows the local criminal process after an arrest or court order. The adult detention population can include pretrial detainees waiting for initial appearance or later hearings, people serving county jail sentences, and people waiting for release, transfer, or another agency's action. Court entries are not the same thing as jail custody entries. A court case can show charges after the person has bonded out, and a person can be in jail before every court event is visible in the court lookup.

For records work, match the question to the agency. Custody status belongs with the jail. Filed charges and hearings belong with New Mexico Courts. County records requests belong with Chaves County's IPRA process. Sentenced state-prison custody belongs with NMCD. This distinction prevents a common search error: assuming that a missing county online roster means no custody exists, or assuming that an NMCD search will show a person still in local pretrial detention.

Court Services and Offender Supervision

The county detention department also references Court Services and Offender Supervision functions. The supplied research identifies Misdemeanor Compliance, DWI Compliance, Electronic Monitoring / INTV bracelet supervision, and Community Service among the program areas. A 2009 monthly caseload summary listed 554 misdemeanor compliance cases, 432 DWI compliance cases, 117 community service cases, and 2,114 community service hours per month. Those figures are historical program workload details, not current jail population numbers.

These programs matter because not every person connected to the detention department is physically housed in an adult jail bed. Some people may be on compliance monitoring, electronic monitoring, or community service through court-related supervision. When a search involves a recent release, alternative sentence, or compliance requirement, the jail phone line may not be the only relevant contact point.

About Chaves County Detention Center

Chaves County Detention Center received an accredited adult detention facility award dated June 20, 2012, according to the legislative handout cited in the research. The facility's public-facing role is practical: hold adults in local custody, coordinate with courts, support release and transfer decisions, and provide published visitation channels for approved visitors. Because local jail records are operational records, details can change quickly when a bond posts, a court order issues, or a transport occurs.