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Valencia County Detention Center Overview

Valencia County Detention Center is the county adult detention facility at 436 Courthouse Road, Los Lunas, NM 87031. Valencia County lists the operation as Adult Detention and names Randy Gutierrez as Warden. The jail holds adults arrested in Valencia County, people held before trial, detainees booked on warrants or arrest orders, and people serving local jail commitments. It is not the same system as Central New Mexico Correctional Facility, even though both facilities are in Los Lunas. The county jail roster is the proper first search for current local jail custody, while sentenced state custody belongs to the New Mexico Corrections Department.

The county's detention mission centers on public safety, detention, re-entry, education, treatment, rehabilitation, and restorative justice. Valencia County also uses the TRANSFORM framework: Treatment, Re-entry, Accountability, Networking, Safety, Fiscal Prudence, Organization, Respect, and Mission. Those terms matter because the jail page is not just a booking desk. It describes intake, transition, discharge planning, compliance with law, staff training, and safe custody. Public users still should not expect staff to discuss all internal details. Valencia County states that housing, classification, mental-health, and medical information are not public and will not be disclosed.

The official detention center page shows the jail address, main phone, warden, department extensions, and mission language. That page is the best source for facility identity and office routing before a call or visit.

The county screenshot for the Valencia County Detention Center page shows the local facility contact layout used by the county.

Use the image as a visual cue for the county source, then rely on the live county page for current staff names, extensions, and notices.

Valencia County Jail Population

Valencia County did not publish an official rated capacity, average daily population, annual booking count, or jail population dashboard in the official pages reviewed. The best current count located was the live JailTracker roster inspected on June 22, 2026. That blank active search returned 181 active entries, with 151 male entries and 30 female entries. This is a point-in-time roster count, not a rated capacity, not an annual average, and not a promise that the same count will appear later. A new arrest, release, bond posting, transfer, or court order can change the public roster quickly.

Because the county has not posted a separate capacity figure, the active roster should be used only as a custody lookup tool and a narrow population snapshot. It should not be used to calculate crowding without a confirmed bed count. For broader Valencia County inmate population context, separate county jail records from state prison records. Central New Mexico Correctional Facility is a state prison in the county, but its population is part of NMCD custody rather than the Valencia County jail roster.

Valencia County Detention Center Lookup

Current Valencia County Detention Center custody is searched through the JailTracker public roster for Valencia County Adult DC NM. The roster is free, public, and configured for current detainees. The agency settings inspected on June 22, 2026 showed no public login requirement, images enabled, and one facility option for Valencia County Detention Center. The list can be browsed as a current roster, or narrowed by name, gender, offender ID, permanent ID, intake date range, and agency. The record detail can show a photo, intake date, status, offender numbers, charge tables, bond fields, and additional physical descriptors when those fields are public.

1. Open the official JailTracker roster and choose the Valencia County Adult DC NM agency page.
2. Search by last name, first name, middle name, gender, offender ID, permanent ID, or intake date range.
3. Confirm that the row belongs to Valencia County Detention Center, then open the detail view.
4. Review charges, bond type, bond amount, intake date, status, and any public photo or additional information shown.
5. If the person is not listed, call the Records Manager at 505-565-8900 ext. 1 or the front desk at ext. 4.

The phone fallback is narrow. Valencia County says staff may disclose criminal charges and bond amounts to the public. Staff do not disclose housing, classification, mental-health, or medical status. For older booking records, records not visible in JailTracker, or a copy request, use the county's NextRequest public records portal and identify the person, date, record type, and agency as clearly as possible. For a sentenced state prisoner, use NMCD Offender Search instead of JailTracker.

Note: JailTracker is a publication channel for county jail data, so confirm urgent release or bond details with jail records staff.

Valencia County Jail Contact

The main jail phone number routes to several detention departments. Records is the best first extension for bond confirmation, charge questions, and roster fallback when the public entry cannot answer a basic custody question. The front desk handles general facility routing. Medical and case management have separate extensions, but medical, mental-health, housing, and classification details are not public records for general callers.

For bond payments, call Records before preparing a money order because the county requires the exact amount. For medical concerns, use the medical extension, but expect staff to protect private health details. For PREA concerns involving sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment in custody, the county lists reporting through the PREA coordinator at 505-565-8900 or 1-833-362-7732.

Valencia County Jail Visits

Valencia County has adopted video visitation for the Detention Center. The official visitation page says in-person public social visits are not offered at the jail. Family and friends use JailATM video services. The county refers to two scheduled 15-minute visits each week, plus additional video contact when the inmate has access to supplied tablets or kiosks that are not being used for scheduled visits. The "Call Now" option depends on tablet or kiosk availability.

Messages, photos, and video conduct remain subject to facility review. Sexually explicit or pornographic material is not accepted. The county also warns that cameras, tape recorders, and cell phones are not allowed inside the facility. Contraband rules are strict, and the jail will not accept public property deliveries for detainees. Visitors and callers should check the county visitation page before buying credits or planning a video visit because account support, tablet access, and approval rules can change.

Valencia County Jail Mail and Money

Mail for Valencia County Detention Center does not go to the Los Lunas street address. The county uses the JailATM mail-processing address in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The envelope must include the Jail ATM line, the facility name and state, the inmate name and inmate number, and the P.O. Box. The sender's full name and physical address must be on the top left corner. Prohibited mail can be returned, and the county bans items such as cash, checks, money orders, stickers, stamps, Polaroid photos, excessive photos, colored paper, blank paper, perfume, makeup, staples, paper clips, tape, and gang-related material.

The mail and money systems should not be blended together. JailATM handles visits, messages, photos, deposits, commissary orders, and the mail-processing address, but bond is a separate local rule. Valencia County accepts money orders for bonding inmates and must submit bond money to the court. The exact amount must be listed on the money order. If the detainee has an ankle monitor condition after bond, release can wait for weekday Pretrial installation and then take an estimated 30 to 45 minutes after installation.

Valencia County Jail Booking

After an arrest by the Valencia County Sheriff's Office, Belen Police Department, Bosque Farms Police Department, Isleta Pueblo Police Department, Los Lunas Police Department, New Mexico State Police, or another local agency, the person can be transported to the Valencia County Detention Center for intake. Booking creates the jail record, collects identifying details, records the intake date, assigns offender numbers, enters charges, and can add a booking-style photo when the public image flag is enabled. JailTracker inspected records showed charge rows with offense text, statute or arrest code, case number, control number, bond type, bond amount, and status terms such as pre-arraignment or probable cause.

Booking charges are not the same as final court charges. Court records open or mature after a complaint, information, indictment, or other filing appears in New Mexico Courts. A person may remain on the jail roster while the court record is still new or incomplete. For custody and bond, use the roster and jail records. For filed charges, hearings, or case status, use New Mexico Courts and the Thirteenth Judicial District docket tools. The broader Valencia County jail inmate records page covers roster fields and fallback searches in more detail.

About Valencia County Detention Center

The jail is part of the county government and courthouse area in Los Lunas. Its public materials describe a custody operation tied to safety, re-entry, treatment, discharge planning, and humane detention. That local emphasis is useful for families because case management and medical contacts exist, but public records access remains limited by privacy and security rules. The jail can confirm the public basics of a custody record, while the courts, sheriff records staff, NMCD, BOP, ICE, and VINELink each handle different parts of a person's record path after arrest or transfer.