Search Sandoval County Inmates
The official county custody search begins on the Sandoval County Detention Center inmate search page, which links to the Public Safety Cloud roster for Sandoval County. The county describes the list as the current inmate list and says it is updated daily. It is a county jail roster, not a statewide prison database, and it should be read as a custody snapshot rather than the final court outcome of a criminal case.
The roster may show a person held at the Sandoval County Detention Center on local, state, federal, or other jurisdictional charges. A charge row on the jail roster can help identify why a person is being held, but it is not the same as a filed court charge, plea, disposition, or sentence. For the full prosecution record, use Case Lookup, re:SearchNM, or the court clerk after the case opens. The jail roster can also include booking images when the system has a public image for that person.
The county's own Detention Center page introduces the local jail and its custody services.
That county page is the starting point for detention center contacts, bonding, commissary, care packages, and records links tied to Sandoval County inmate records.
Use the Sandoval County Jail Roster
The official roster is hosted at Public Safety Cloud for Sandoval County. The portal does not require a login, and the observed agency settings allow browsing without a required search filter. Name searches are still useful because the list can be large, and the roster can return multiple people with similar names.
- Open the Public Safety Cloud roster from the county inmate search page or the roster URL.
- Use the search box for a last name, first name, or partial name when narrowing the Sandoval County jail roster.
- Use agency and gender filters only when they help reduce duplicate matches.
- Review the result row for name, gender, booking date, release date if shown, photo status, and agency label.
- Open the profile details to review hold, offense, case, bond, and additional descriptive fields.
Names, dates, and charge text should be matched with care. The public roster may include redacted fields, encrypted values, or limited personal identifiers, including a year-only birth date instead of a full birth date. If a person is not listed, the person may have been released, held in another county, housed in a city or federal setting, or moved into the state prison or probation/parole system.
Sandoval County Roster Search Fields
The jail roster field set is useful because it shows how the official system limits and sorts public custody data. The county-linked Public Safety Cloud roster uses simple public controls, while system settings define whether only current offenders are shown and whether public images can appear.
| Field or Setting | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search box | Text | No | Used for offender search by name or partial name. |
| Agency | Dropdown/filter | No | Observed values include All and Sandoval County Detention Center. |
| Gender | Dropdown/filter | No | Observed values include blank, F, and M. |
| Current offenders only | System setting | n/a | Observed as true, matching the county's current inmate-list framing. |
| Images | System setting | n/a | Images are not disabled; public photo fields can appear when present. |
| Login | System setting | n/a | Observed as false for public use. |
The county's Detention Center facility facts page gives the local jail capacity and accreditation context behind the roster workflow.
The facility material supports the roster context by tying public custody search to the Detention Center rather than to a sheriff or police mobile app.
Sandoval County Inmate Profile Fields
A Sandoval County inmate profile can contain several data groups. The observed roster shell includes an offender list with identifiers, name parts, gender, supervision status, image fields, booking and release dates, and update timestamps. The detailed profile data is grouped into hold information, criminal offenses, criminal cases, and additional personal descriptors.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Offense | The listed offense or hold reason in the public profile. |
| Arrest Code and Statute | Codes tied to the charge or arrest entry, when supplied. |
| Charge Description | Plain charge text used by the custody system. |
| Status | Custody or charge status within the roster profile. |
| Case Number and Control Number | Identifiers that may help match the custody entry to court or agency records. |
| Bond Type and Bond Amount | Bond terms shown in the roster profile, if available. |
| Additional Info | Age, race, height, weight, birthplace, hair, eyes, build, and scheduled release date when shown. |
| Mugshot or Photo | Image fields can appear when a public booking image is available. |
Do not treat every profile field as complete. Birth dates may be reduced to year-only, and sensitive identifiers such as Social Security numbers, driver license numbers, or state identifiers were observed as null, encrypted, or not exposed in plain public fields. That redaction pattern is consistent with New Mexico public-record rules for protected personal information.
Sandoval County Detention Center
Sandoval County Detention Center is the local jail facility for Sandoval County inmate records. The county states that the facility operates under New Mexico adult and federal performance-based detention standards, is accredited through the New Mexico Counties Adult Detention Standards Council, has about 50,000 square feet, and has capacity to house 500 detainees. The average population is listed at about 125.
Sandoval County Detention Center
1100 Montoya Road
Bernalillo, NM 87004
505-867-5339
Warden: Gilbert Armendariz
Bonding information: 505-867-5339 ext. 2
The sheriff's office is a separate county law-enforcement office. It handles law enforcement, court security, civil process issued by District and Magistrate Courts, adult and juvenile prisoner transport, and extradition duties. Sheriff Jesse James Casaus is listed as the Sandoval County Sheriff, and the Sheriff's Office business-hours phone is 505-867-7526.
Jail Charges and Court Records
Sandoval County inmate records often raise a charge question before a court case is easy to find. A booking charge in the roster is custody intake data. A court charge is the charge filed, amended, dismissed, pleaded to, or sentenced in the court case. Those two records can overlap, but they are not the same file and they can change at different times.
For filed court activity, New Mexico Case Lookup can show public summary information for Sandoval County District Court, Sandoval County Magistrate Court, and some municipal court categories. re:SearchNM is the registered-user court-record system with deeper case and document access where the user's profile and court security rules allow it. Case Lookup does not provide documents, and older pre-automation records may require direct court contact.
A person looking from custody to court should match the inmate profile case number, offense, and court location against the Sandoval County arrest records and court charges page when the issue is the charge path after arrest.
Sandoval County Bonding and Release
Bonding information, eligibility, and current amounts are handled through the Detention Center phone line at 505-867-5339 extension 2. The county page states that detention staff are prohibited from recommending a bonding agency. That matters because a public charge row or bond amount in the roster is not a recommendation, legal advice, or a guarantee that a person can be released on the same terms after a court update.
The general custody path is arrest, transport to Sandoval County Detention Center, intake and booking, roster entry, charge or hold review, bond setting or court appearance, then case routing through Magistrate Court, District Court, or Municipal Court depending on charge type and jurisdiction. A failure to appear, new warrant, hold, or court condition can affect release even when a financial obligation appears to be paid.
Note: Payment or bond questions should be confirmed with the Detention Center or issuing court because roster data can lag behind court action.
Sandoval County Inmate Visitation
Sandoval County no longer offers in-person or face-to-face inmate visitation at the Detention Center. The county states that since August 26, 2019, visits are handled by video, either from a remote computer or mobile device or from a Detention Center video console. Visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance, and the county lists JailATM as the scheduling link.
| Visit Type | Length | Cost | Limits and Scheduling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote video visitation | 30 minutes | $9.99 | Personal computer or mobile device; schedule online at least 24 hours in advance. |
| Detention Center console video visit | 30 minutes | No charge | One adult and one minor; two visits per week per detainee; kiosk at main entrance Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. |
| Phone scheduling note | n/a | n/a | County contact material lists appointment calls Wednesday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 505-867-5339. |
Former detainees must be released for 60 days before scheduling visits with a current detainee. The reviewed county pages did not publish a full dress code, holiday visit calendar, attorney visit schedule, or emergency lockdown policy, so those details should be confirmed with the facility before a visit.
Commissary Mail and Care Packages
Money for commissary must be sent as a money order mailed to the Detention Center at 1100 Montoya Road, Bernalillo, NM 87004. The inmate's name must be written on both the envelope and the money order. Personal checks are not accepted. The county also lists MyCarePack for care package purchases, while the reviewed county pages did not publish a full commissary price sheet or kiosk-fee schedule.
Mail rules in the reviewed official pages were limited. The same Detention Center address is the official location for money orders and facility contact. For medical records, the inmate must sign the HIPAA release form, and the requester must attach that release to the county public records request. Attorneys should contact the facility or the relevant court because static official pages did not list detailed attorney visit hours.
Request Sandoval County Inmate Records
Not every Sandoval County inmate record is available from the public roster. The Detention Center links a request channel for inmate records or public records, and county records requests use the Sandoval County public records/GovQA portal. The county IPRA page states that everyone has the right to inspect records maintained by Sandoval County at no charge, though copies and special production can carry costs under county rules.
The county GovQA records portal is the official online request path for county records.
Use that county portal for detention or sheriff records, while court case documents should be requested from New Mexico Courts or the court clerk that holds the case file.
For sheriff incident or crash records, the Sheriff's Office uses public records requests as well. In-person requests are directed to the Sheriff's Office at 1500 A Idalia Road, Bernalillo, NM 87004, and written requests may be mailed to P.O. Box 5219, Bernalillo, NM 87004. Court records, certified copies, pleas, dispositions, and sentencing data remain with the New Mexico court system rather than the county jail records channel.
State Prison and VINE Fallbacks
If a person is not on the Sandoval County jail roster, the next official channel depends on custody status. The New Mexico Corrections Department offender search covers people incarcerated by NMCD or under probation or parole supervision. NMCD states that it does not have jurisdiction over county or city detention facilities, so the state search is a fallback after the county jail roster, not a replacement for it.
Victim notification is handled through VINE and VINELink New Mexico. NMCD describes VINE as a free, 24-hour, confidential notification service available in English, Spanish, and Navajo, with a toll-free number of 877-551-8463. NMCD Victim Services can also be reached at 877-842-8464 during weekday business hours. The VINELink app is a notification tool, not a Sandoval County sheriff inmate app.
The official VINELink New Mexico portal provides the state victim-notification interface.
VINELink is best used for notification and offender-status monitoring after checking whether the person is in Sandoval County custody or in an NMCD status.
No Official Inmate App
The official app sweep found no standalone Sandoval County Sheriff app and no standalone Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Corrales, or Cuba police app that provides inmate lookup or warrant search. Sandoval County Alerts and Notifications, known as SCAN, is an emergency notification channel, not an inmate roster tool. The Sheriff's Office does provide an official crime-tip form and tip phone, but that is separate from custody lookup.
For Sandoval County inmate records, use the county-linked roster, the Detention Center, GovQA for county records, New Mexico Courts for court files, NMCD for state custody, and VINE for notification. That channel order avoids third-party jail lists and keeps the search within official county, court, and state systems.