Santa Fe County Jail Roster Overview
The official local custody lookup starts on the Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility inmate lookup page, which sends users to the SFADF Inmate Lookup in the Archonix public roster. The county labels the linked tool as the JailTracker Public Roster and places a disclaimer in front of it. The disclaimer says the information on the county inmate listing pages is for reference only, that Santa Fe County assumes no liability for data errors, and that users are responsible for confirming accuracy before relying on a record.
The roster is the right starting point for people currently or recently booked into the Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility, also called the Adult Detention Facility or SFCADF on some county pages. It is not a complete criminal-history database, not a court docket, and not the New Mexico Corrections Department system. A person held before trial or serving a local sentence belongs in the county jail route. A person sentenced to state prison moves to NMCD. Federal and immigration custody use still other tools.
The Santa Fe County inmate lookup page shows the county disclaimer and roster entry point.
That disclaimer is important because the roster can help locate custody records quickly, but bond, court status, holds, and release eligibility still need confirmation with the jail or court.
How to Use the Santa Fe County Inmate Roster
The public roster is reached through the county's inmate lookup landing page and then the SFADF Archonix roster. The direct roster result observed in the research displayed the heading "SANTA FE COUNTY ADULT DETENTION FACILITY," the facility address, and the SFADF Inmate Lookup menu. Visible menu options included Home, Report, Booking Log, Booking Search, and Booked Today.
- Start at the county inmate lookup landing page and read the disclaimer before entering the public roster.
- Select the roster function that fits the search, such as Booking Search for a date range or Booked Today for same-day bookings.
- Use the Inmate # field if a local offender identifier is known, or use the booking date fields to narrow a recent search.
- Compare any result against the person's full name, booking date, and Offender Id because indexed snippets confirmed names and ten-digit Offender Id values.
- If the roster does not answer the question, call the jail front desk, submit a records request, or search the court case once charges are filed.
The research did not find a published roster refresh schedule or a confirmed rule for how long released people remain listed. Treat a missing or stale listing as a reason to verify with the facility rather than proof that custody never occurred.
Santa Fe County Roster Search Fields
The accessible roster text confirmed a narrow set of search controls and report paths. It did not confirm a full name-search profile page during the research pass, so the table below separates confirmed fields from practical notes.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inmate # | Text | Unspecified | Direct roster text shows this field; it likely accepts the local SFADF offender or inmate number. |
| Booking From | Date picker | Unspecified | Start date for a booking log or booking search date range. |
| To | Date picker | Unspecified | End date for the booking date range. |
| Report > Booking Log | Navigation/report | Optional | Use for a booking-log style report when available. |
| Booking Search | Navigation/search mode | Optional | Use for searching bookings instead of browsing only the current day. |
| Booked Today | Navigation/filter | Optional | Use for same-day booking review. |
| I Agree | Disclaimer control | Required before use | The county landing page requires the user to affirm the disclaimer before proceeding. |
What a Santa Fe County Inmate Profile Shows
Only some public roster fields were confirmed from accessible official text. The research confirmed search/report functions, the booking date controls, Inmate #, Booking Log, Booking Search, Booked Today, and public entries with a name and Offender Id. Full profile pages did not reliably open during the research pass, so unverified fields should not be treated as guaranteed public roster data.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Confirmed in official search-result snippets as full names. |
| Offender Id / Inmate # | Confirmed in search-result snippets; examples appeared in a ten-digit format. |
| Booking date range | Confirmed as a search/report control through Booking From and To date pickers. |
| Same-day booking filter | Confirmed by the Booked Today menu item. |
| Booking log/report | Confirmed by the Report and Booking Log navigation. |
| Mugshot | Not confirmed from accessible official text; do not assume a photo is displayed. |
| Charges, bond, housing, arresting agency, court date, release status | Not confirmed on an accessible public profile during the research pass. |
Finding County, State, Federal, ICE, and VINELink Records
The most common lookup mistake is using one custody system for every person. Santa Fe County's roster is for the county jail. NMCD says its offender search is for people incarcerated in state prison or on probation/parole supervision, and that NMCD does not have jurisdiction over county or city detention facilities. The BOP locator is a federal custody tool. ICE ODLS is for immigration detention. VINELink is a notification route, not the original records custodian.
| Custody or Need | Where to Look | Use This When |
|---|---|---|
| Current county jail custody | SFADF Inmate Lookup | The person was arrested locally, booked at the Adult Correctional Facility, or appears in the booking log. |
| Formal charges and hearings | New Mexico Courts Case Lookup or Odyssey Public Access | A prosecutor or court has opened the criminal case after booking. |
| State prison, probation, or parole | NMCD Offender Search | The person has been sentenced, transferred to prison, or placed under state supervision. |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal BOP Inmate Locator | The person is in Bureau of Prisons custody, usually after federal sentencing. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | An ICE transfer, immigration hold, or immigration detainee-location question is involved. |
| Release or custody notifications | VINELink New Mexico | The goal is notification, not a certified jail or court record. |
No official Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office or Santa Fe Police mobile app with inmate lookup, warrant search, most-wanted, or app-only custody features was found. The sheriff page links Nixle for alerts, but Nixle is not an inmate roster.
Santa Fe County Jail Facilities
Santa Fe County has one primary county jail for local adult custody and one state prison that sits inside the county but belongs to NMCD. The distinction matters because the same county contains local detention, state corrections offices, state courts, and the Penitentiary of New Mexico.
Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility
28 Camino Justicia
Santa Fe, NM 87508
505-428-3231
Front desk: 505-428-3861, Monday-Friday 8-5. Security-related matters: 505-428-3860.
Penitentiary of New Mexico
4311 State Highway 14
Santa Fe, NM 87508
505-827-8205
State prison for sentenced adult male prisoners; use NMCD lookup and NMCD visitation rules.
The county adult facility page lists the jail address, phone contacts, leadership contacts, and program information.
The jail contact page is useful when roster data is unclear because it identifies the main phone, front desk, and jail leadership contacts without relying on commercial directories.
Booking Process in Santa Fe County
Santa Fe County does not publish a complete public booking manual, so the practical pathway should be read as a custody workflow supported by local contacts and state-level booking law. A local arrest can begin with the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Santa Fe Police Department, New Mexico State Police, tribal or federal authorities, or a warrant agency. If jail custody is required, the person is transported to the Adult Correctional Facility on Camino Justicia.
Intake generally includes identity checks, creation of the local jail record, search and property inventory, fingerprints, booking photo, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and housing assignment. The county lists Emetrerio P. Chavez as booking manager. New Mexico law supports the biometric portion because covered booking facilities must collect biometric identifying information before release. The public roster may then show a booking log entry or searchable result, but no official refresh interval was published.
The jail record is separate from the court record. After booking, the person usually has an early hearing or first appearance where the court addresses probable cause, release conditions, and bond. Formal charges, hearing dates, amendments, and dispositions belong in New Mexico court systems, not just the jail roster.
Visitation Schedule and Rules
Santa Fe County uses TechFriends through JailATM.com for off-site video visitation. On-site non-contact visits at the jail are free. Each inmate may receive up to two visits per week unless the person is in Disciplinary or PHD special-management status, where the published rule is one on-site or off-site visit per week. Visitors are screened, and anyone incarcerated at SFCADF within the past year is not eligible to visit.
| Visit Type | Schedule or Frequency | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Off-site video | Scheduled through JailATM/TechFriends | Family and friends use an internet account; county page did not publish rates. |
| On-site non-contact | Free, up to two visits per week | Visitors are screened and must bring acceptable ID. |
| Disciplinary or PHD status | One visit per week | Applies to either on-site or off-site visitation. |
| PNM state prison | Level II Saturday-Sunday 8:30 am-3:30 pm; higher levels by appointment Wednesday-Sunday | Uses NMCD approved visitor lists and NMCD rules, not county jail rules. |
Accepted ID includes a driver's license, military ID, passport, federal or state agency ID, or immigration card. The county allows only limited infant-care items during on-site visits and says the front desk will not hold personal items. Conduct violations can end the visit and lead to suspension: 30 calendar days for a first infraction, 6 months for a second, and an indefinite ban for a third.
The Santa Fe County visitation page documents the TechFriends/JailATM route, free on-site visits, identification rules, baby-item limits, and suspension scale.
Those rules should be checked before travel because a roster match alone does not mean a person is eligible for visits that week.
How to Contact a Santa Fe County Inmate
Personal mail for Santa Fe County inmates goes through JailATM.com's scanned-mail process: JailATM.com, Santa Fe County Detention Center, NM, inmate name and inmate number, P.O. Box 16120, Jonesboro, AR 72401. Effective September 1, 2024, personal mail sent directly to the jail is returned to sender. The mail is opened, scanned, and delivered digitally. Parcels are not accepted.
Legal mail goes directly to Santa Fe County Detention Center, 28 Camino Justicia, Santa Fe, NM 87508, and must come from a legally approved attorney of record. Business documents such as checks, identity documents, deposit slips, medical cards, birth certificates, diplomas, Social Security cards, and driver's licenses go to the Business Office at the jail address. Mail restrictions include victims, current inmates, former inmates, parolees, probationers, co-defendants, current or former jail employees, current or former contractors or volunteers, and anyone protected by an active Protection from Abuse Order.
Records Requests When the Roster Does Not Answer
For sheriff arrest, booking-related, incident, or video/audio records, the research points to the Sheriff's Office records route at shfrecordsreq@santafecountynm.gov and the Records Division phone number 505-986-2400. General county records can be requested through Santa Fe County NextRequest or by mail to the County Attorney, PO Box 276, Santa Fe, NM 87504, but the county public-records page says Sheriff's Office records should be directed to the Sheriff's Office.
A precise request should identify the person's full name, date of birth if known, booking date or booking date range, arresting agency, case number or report number if known, and the exact record requested. For video or audio, the Sheriff's divisions page says requests should include a CAD number, police report number, date or date range with reasonable specificity, and at least one identifier such as officer name, approximate time, or approximate location.
The Santa Fe County NextRequest portal is the county's online public-records request channel for general county records.
Use that portal for the county-records lane, but use the Sheriff's Office route when the requested record is a sheriff record or arrest-related law-enforcement record.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
JailATM is published by the county for video visitation and scanned mail, but the inspected Santa Fe County pages did not publish a current commissary fee table, deposit kiosk instructions, phone-call rate table, or tablet-fee table. Do not assume a deposit method or vendor fee from another county. Confirm the person's custody status first, then call the facility for current money, phone, and commissary instructions.
Note: Confirm custody, housing status, and current facility rules before sending money, scheduling a visit, or mailing documents.