The Graham County Detention Facility is in Safford beside the sheriff's office. Listings show different phone numbers for it, so the sheriff's main line, 928-428-3141, is the safest bet.

Graham County Inmate Search opens a statewide custody search rather than a county list. Pick Arizona, enter the name, and look for a Safford match. A phone call to 928-428-3141 is often quicker.

Booking takes a few hours. Statewide searches can lag further. Call the sheriff with the full name and birth date.

Arizona officers can release on a notice to appear for misdemeanors. Domestic violence arrests are the exception.

Within 24 hours of arrest. The judge reads the allegations, asks about counsel and sets release terms.

The law presumes release on recognizance. A judge adds a bond or conditions only if needed; detention without bail needs a hearing and a serious charge. Our Graham bail guide explains more.

Call 928-428-3141 for the amount and payment rules. A bondsman can post for a fee.

Felonies go to Graham County Superior Court in Safford. Misdemeanors go to justice courts or the Safford, Thatcher or Pima town courts. See the Graham court steps.

The court appoints one for people who can't afford a lawyer. They should ask at the first hearing.

Video visits from home or the jail lobby may be offered. Call the jail or check online for hours. See Graham visitation and remote visits.

Calls come from a number shown as 800-943-2189. Set up a prepaid account. Guides: Graham calls, messages, tablets, deposits, Graham commissary.

Include the name, booking number and return address. See Graham inmate mail.

Call 928-428-3141 and ask for medical to be told about medicines or suicide risk.

Kids go through juvenile court rather than the Safford jail, and their names stay private. Ask the sheriff's line for the juvenile probation office.

Part of the San Carlos Apache reservation lies in Graham County. Its police and detention center, 928-475-4060, are separate from the county jail.

Ignore callers who demand gift cards or wires. Safford jail staff and court clerks never ask for those.

Ring the Graham County Sheriff's Office at 928-428-3141 so a deputy can verify custody, read you the bond and give the booking number.

Agents from groups such as the Postal Inspection Service, the IRS, or the Marshals Service handle federal arrests, often with local police. An exception: federal cases from the San Carlos Apache lands go to Phoenix instead. Safford is in Arizona's federal district, Tucson Division, so trials are held downtown in Tucson, 405 West Congress Street, Tucson, AZ 85701. Clerk staff there take calls at 520-205-4200. The judge reads a short report from a pretrial services officer. Often by the next weekday, the person meets a magistrate judge who reads the charges. Nobody uses a bail schedule in U.S. district court. A short hearing works out what conditions apply, under federal bail law.

Search the county jail list; there a federal hold may show. Before trial, the Marshals may place them in local jails under contract. Or call the Marshals Service for Arizona in Tucson at 520-879-6900 (405 West Congress Street, Suite 2300, Tucson, AZ 85701). Sentenced people leave the local jail for the BOP after sentencing. Find their facility with the federal locator.

• During booking, fingerprints are sent to federal databases. Then ICE might issue a detainer.
• Instead of walking out, they may stay as long as 48 more hours so ICE can come. Weekends and holidays count toward the time.
• A posted bond doesn't end an ICE hold.
• Immigration officers can pick them up at the jail inside that 48-hour window. If ICE misses the deadline, the sheriff must free them on the local case.
• Need to reach ICE? Its Phoenix office handles Arizona and sits at 2035 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004; the number is 602-257-5900.
• The ICE locator looks up people using an A-number plus birth country. The locator also works by country of birth, birth date and the exact name if there's no A-number.
• Where they are sent depends on ICE.

The state's prison system, the ADCRR, takes people given state time. At first, most people wait in the Safford jail while the ADCRR sends for them. The transfer lands them at reception, where they get processed. There, the ADCRR look ats gang links, medical and mental care and custody score. Last, they move to a unit that matches their needs.

To follow the move, try the ADCRR online search. For prison details, see Arizona state prisons.

Immigration pictures become available only through ICE's FOIA form, though release isn't promised. Newsrooms hoping for a jail photo can try the sheriff's office on 928-428-3141. The federal government does not share booking photos with the public or media. U.S. officials keeps booking pictures back; the Marshals release one only to find a wanted person, when the community needs to be warned now or when posting it could help find them or warn people.

• Safford Police: 928-432-4100 (after hours, 928-428-3141)
• Thatcher Police: 928-428-2296
• Pima Police: 928-485-9454
• Graham County Sheriff's Office: 928-428-3141

Solomon, Fort Thomas, Bylas and Klondyke are served by deputies or tribal police.