Santa Fe County Jail Overview
The Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility, also called the Santa Fe County Adult Detention Facility on county pages, is the primary adult county jail for Santa Fe County. It is operated by the Santa Fe County Corrections Department rather than the New Mexico Corrections Department. That distinction matters because a recent arrest, local booking, jail visit, local mail question, or county booking record belongs to the Santa Fe County jail system. A person sentenced to state prison moves into NMCD custody and is no longer searched first through the county roster.
The facility holds adult men and women in county custody. Its population includes pretrial detainees, people serving local sentences, persons arrested by Santa Fe County or city agencies, and other detainees entrusted to the county. Historical federal materials also documented federal and Bureau of Indian Affairs or U.S. Marshals custody by agreement at the time of that older review. Current county material should be read more narrowly: the county posts NMAC accreditation and says U.S. Marshal periodic inspections verify compliance with USMS standards, but that does not establish a current federal headcount.
The county facility page posts leadership contacts for Warden Derek Williams, Deputy Warden Wade Ellis, Major Carlos Markman-Lopez for security-related matters, and Booking Manager Emetrerio P. Chavez. The program list is also local. It includes coping skills, anger management, life skills, interpersonal communication, and substance abuse programming such as AA, NA, Matrix, and Narcan.
The county facility source shows the local contact page used for staff and program information.
Santa Fe County's Adult Facility page identifies the facility, contacts, and posted program list.
The screenshot belongs with this county jail page because it is the source for the posted jail contacts and local program details, not a state prison roster.
Santa Fe County Jail Capacity
Capacity and population figures for Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility need careful labels. The most concrete jail capacity figure in the research is historical. A U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division findings letter reported an approximate housing capacity of 672 inmates for the Santa Fe County Adult Detention Center during the federal review period before its 2011 publication. That same review reported 598 people in custody on the first day of DOJ visits, including 532 adult males and 66 adult females. Those figures are useful history, but they should not be treated as today's verified count.
The current Santa Fe County Corrections Department page gives a broader department figure of about 775 men, women, and youthful offenders detained daily under county correctional programs. That number appears to cover the Adult Facility, Youth Development Program, and Electronic Monitoring Program together. It is not a verified adult jail average daily population by itself. For current custody, the better path is to search the roster, then confirm uncertain records with the facility.
| Figure | How to Read It |
|---|---|
| Approximately 672 | Historical DOJ housing capacity. It is not a current county-published rated capacity. |
| 598 people | Historical DOJ first-day custody snapshot, with adult male and adult female counts. |
| Approximately 775 | Current county Corrections Department daily supervision figure across adult, youth, and electronic monitoring programs. |
Santa Fe County Jail Roster Lookup
The correct lookup route for a local Santa Fe County jail inmate is the county's inmate lookup landing page and the SFADF/Archonix public roster. The county page labels the linked system as the JailTracker Public Roster and says the information is for reference only. Users must agree to the county disclaimer before using the roster. The direct roster surface is headed SANTA FE COUNTY ADULT DETENTION FACILITY and exposes roster tools such as Booking Log, Booking Search, Booked Today, Inmate #, Booking From, and To.
Use the Santa Fe County inmate lookup landing page first, then proceed to the SFADF Inmate Lookup roster. If the person has been sentenced to state prison or is on state probation or parole, search NMCD Offender Search instead. NMCD states that it does not have jurisdiction over county or city detention facilities, so the state locator is not the first stop for a new county booking.
- Open the county inmate lookup landing page and read the roster disclaimer before accepting it.
- Use the SFADF roster tools for Booking Search, Booking Log, Booked Today, date range, or Inmate # when known.
- Compare the name and offender ID shown in roster results with the arrest date, court case, or booking paperwork.
- Call the jail front desk or main number if the record is unclear, absent, or likely affected by release, transfer, or a hold.
| Roster Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Inmate # | Search by the local jail identifier when available. |
| Booking From / To | Limit a booking log or booking search by date range. |
| Booked Today | Check same-day bookings that may not yet have full court records. |
| Booking Log | Review public booking-report output available through the roster menu. |
For broader custody routing, the county jail records page gives more detail on current jail lookup and state or federal fallbacks: Santa Fe County jail inmate records.
Santa Fe County Jail Contact
The facility is part of the Camino Justicia public-safety area in Santa Fe. The jail should be contacted for custody, front-desk, security, booking, visit, and mail questions tied to the county facility. Sheriff's Office records questions are related, but separate. Sheriff records and IPRA requests use the Sheriff's records division or county records channels, while immediate jail custody questions go to the detention facility.
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, 24/7
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office Records
35 Camino Justicia
Santa Fe, NM 87508
505-986-2400
IPRA email: shfrecordsreq@santafecountynm.gov
Santa Fe County Jail Visits
Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility uses different rules from the state prison in Santa Fe County. County jail visitation includes free on-site non-contact visitation and off-site video visitation provided by TechFriends through JailATM.com. Each inmate may receive up to two visits per week, while people in Disciplinary or PHD special-management status may receive one visit per week for on-site or off-site visitation. Visitors are screened, and anyone incarcerated at SFCADF within the past year is not eligible to visit.
The county visitation source should be checked before travel because visits may be cancelled during lockdowns, incidents, or rule violations. Accepted ID includes a driver's license, military ID, passport, federal or state agency ID, and immigration card. Visitors may bring only limited infant items, ID, and vehicle keys. Other personal items must be left in the vehicle because the front desk will not hold them.
| Visit Type | Schedule / Frequency | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| On-site non-contact | Free, up to two visits per week per inmate | Screening and accepted government ID required. |
| Off-site video | Scheduled through TechFriends/JailATM | Remote account and vendor rules apply; county did not publish rates in inspected pages. |
| Special management | One visit per week | Applies to Disciplinary or PHD special-management status. |
The county visitation page is the matching source for this jail's video and on-site visit rules.
Santa Fe County inmate visitation describes TechFriends/JailATM video visits, free on-site visits, ID, allowed items, and conduct rules.
The visitation source is county-specific, so it should not be applied to the Penitentiary of New Mexico or other NMCD prisons.
Note: Confirm visit status with the facility before travel because lockdowns, incidents, or rule violations can cancel a visit.
Santa Fe County Jail Mail
Santa Fe County made a major mail change effective September 1, 2024. Personal mail for people at Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility is sent to JailATM.com's processing address in Jonesboro, Arkansas, where it is opened, scanned, and delivered digitally to the inmate. Personal mail sent directly to the jail is returned to the sender. Legal mail and certain business documents still go to the Camino Justicia facility address under the county's rules.
The county mail page also lists limits on who inmates may contact by mail. Mail is not allowed to victims of the crime, current inmates, former inmates, parolees, probationers, co-defendants, current or former jail employees, current or former contract employees, current or former volunteers, or anyone covered by an active Protection from Abuse Order barring contact. The county states that parcel packages are not accepted.
| Mail Type | Address / Process | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Personal mail | JailATM.com, Santa Fe County Detention Center, NM, inmate name and inmate number, P.O. Box 16120, Jonesboro, AR 72401 | Opened, scanned, and sent digitally. Personal mail sent to the jail is returned. |
| Legal mail | Name of attorney or firm of record, inmate name and inmate number, Santa Fe County Detention Center, 28 Camino Justicia, Santa Fe, NM 87508 | Must come from a legally approved attorney of record. |
| Business documents | Attn: Business Office, inmate name and inmate number, Santa Fe County Detention Center, 28 Camino Justicia, Santa Fe, NM 87508 | Used for listed items such as checks, IDs, cards, certificates, deposits slips, and similar documents. |
JailATM is documented for mail processing and video visitation. The inspected county pages did not publish a commissary deposit fee table, phone-rate table, tablet fee schedule, or kiosk instructions. For current money, commissary, and phone account instructions, call the facility rather than relying on a guessed fee.
Santa Fe County Booking Intake
A local booking usually begins with arrest or warrant execution by Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Santa Fe Police Department, New Mexico State Police, tribal authorities, federal authorities, or another law-enforcement agency. If jail custody is required, the person is taken to the county facility for identity checks, property inventory, booking record creation, medical or mental-health screening where applicable, and classification. The research did not locate a full public county booking manual, so process details should stay general unless the county posts them.
Booking and court records are linked, but they are not the same record. The jail record is the custody record. The court record opens after charges are filed, amended, reduced, dismissed, or otherwise handled in court. If the roster does not answer the charge or hearing question, use New Mexico Courts Case Lookup or the court that has the case. A local booking may also stop appearing in the county system after release, transfer, state-prison commitment, federal movement, or immigration custody transfer.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before conviction or sentencing while the court case is pending.
- Detainer or hold
- A legal or agency request that can keep a person in custody even when another case has bond.
- Classification
- The jail process for assigning custody level, housing, and safety controls after intake.
Santa Fe Jail Records Directions
For in-person jail matters, the address is 28 Camino Justicia, Santa Fe, NM 87508. The jail and Sheriff's Office sit near each other in the Camino Justicia public-safety complex. From I-25, visitors generally use the Cerrillos Road or NM-14 side of Santa Fe, then approach the complex by Camino Justicia. From downtown Santa Fe, the practical route is south or southwest toward Cerrillos Road and the county public-safety complex. From NM-599, connect to the Cerrillos or NM-14 corridor and then to Camino Justicia.
Official county pages did not publish parking rates, bus route details, ADA entrance instructions, or a precise visitor entrance note in the inspected material. Confirm parking, entrance, visit status, and property limits before arrival. Do not bring extra property to the lobby. The visitation rules say personal items are not held at the front desk, and a security screening is part of the visit process.
For records that are not in the online roster, choose the right custodian. Sheriff arrest records and body-camera or audio/video requests go through the Sheriff's records/IPRA route, with specific case, date, officer, time, or location details when video or audio is requested. General county records can use Santa Fe County NextRequest, but the county records page says Sheriff's Office records should be directed to the Sheriff's Office.
About Santa Fe County Custody
Santa Fe County is unusual because the county jail and a major state prison are both in the same county. The Adult Correctional Facility is for county jail custody. The Penitentiary of New Mexico is for sentenced male state prisoners under NMCD. A person may begin in the county roster after arrest, then move out of the county roster after conviction and state-prison transfer. At that point, the Penitentiary of New Mexico inmate page and the statewide NMCD locator become the better records path.
The county Corrections Department was created in January 2004 when the facilities moved from private operation to county operation. Current pages describe a county-run corrections department that oversees the Adult Correctional Facility, Youth Development Program, and Electronic Monitoring Program. A separate county re-entry release reported an expanded Adult Detention Facility re-entry team with mental-health screening and help obtaining medical, social, and other supports upon release. Those details are county-specific, and they should not be generalized to NMCD facilities.