The Greenlee County Jail (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533, 928-865-4159) is part of the sheriff's office in Clifton. The same number, 928-865-4149, reaches both the jail and the sheriff.

The Greenlee County Inmate Search link opens a statewide custody search. Choose Arizona and type the name. Small jails can be slow to show up there, so calling Clifton is usually quicker.

Statewide systems sometimes lag a few hours behind booking. The Clifton desk at 928-865-4149 (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533) can check by name and date of birth.

An Arizona misdemeanor stop may end with a court notice in place of booking. Domestic violence charges lead to booking into the jail rather than a citation.

Arizona's rules require it within 24 hours. The judge sets release terms and asks about a lawyer.

Judges start by releasing people on their own promise and add a bond or conditions only when needed. Serious felonies can lead to a detention hearing. See our Greenlee bail guide.

Call 928-865-4149 (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533) for the amount and how to pay. Licensed bondsmen post bonds for a charge.

Felonies go to Greenlee County Superior Court (223 5th Street, Clifton, AZ 85533, 928-865-4242) in Clifton. The justice courts in Clifton and Duncan hear misdemeanors. See the Greenlee court steps.

The county contracts for public defense. A judge appoints counsel when the person lacks the funds to pay, so they must ask at the first hearing.

Phone the sheriff's office (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533) at 928-865-4149 for a warrant or detainer check. The DPS warrant search gives a statewide look; the Public Access lookup shows cases in Graham and beyond. A lawyer can ask the issuing court to set bond so release happens once. Old unpaid fines often cause holds, and that court usually takes payment. The Superior Court clerk (223 5th Street, Clifton, AZ 85533) answers at 928-865-4242. To turn yourself in, report to 824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533 (jail line 928-865-4159) with bond money ready.

The jail (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533, 928-865-4159) offers video visits from home or at the jail. Set up an account first. Hours change, so call or look online. See Greenlee visitation and video visits from home.

Calls go out to prepaid accounts; the video and phone provider's help line is 844-394-6639. Guides: Greenlee calls, messages, tablets, deposits, Greenlee commissary.

Address it with the inmate's name and your return address. Check Greenlee inmate mail.

Call 928-865-4149 and ask for a message to the staff who handle medical care. Mention suicide risk at once.

Your next stop may be the Greenlee County Jail: 824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533, telephone 928-865-4149.

Teens are handled by juvenile court and may be held at a detention center in another county by agreement. Ask the sheriff's office (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533, 928-865-4149).

Ignore any caller wanting gift cards or wired money; Greenlee deputies never ask for bail by phone, gift card or wire.

Ring the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533) at 928-865-4149 and ask if your loved one is still jailed there and how much the bond is.

These cases start with the ATF, Homeland Security Investigations or the DEA. The case is filed in the Tucson Division of the District of Arizona in the federal building in Tucson: 405 West Congress Street, Tucson, AZ 85701. Clerk's phone: 520-205-4200. An initial hearing happens quickly, before a magistrate judge. Plan on an interview with pretrial services; the judge sees the answers. In the federal courts, release terms are set case by case. Using federal bail law, the magistrate runs a bail hearing to decide release and its conditions.

Try the sheriff's roster first; there a federal hold may be noted. Deputy marshals in Tucson keep records on federal prisoners. Phone 520-879-6900. Visitors can find the office at 405 West Congress Street, Suite 2300, Tucson, AZ 85701. Until sentencing, U.S. Marshals often keep the person in local jails under contract. Following a federal sentence, the person goes into a BOP (320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, 202-307-3198) prison, usually after some weeks. Find them through the BOP inmate locator.

• ICE learns about most arrests from fingerprints deputies take. Then ICE might file a detainer.
• Even after bail paid, this hold stays in place.
• Through a detainer, ICE asks the sheriff to hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
• Immigration officers may come for them in person inside that 48-hour window. Without an ICE pickup, this should mean release.
• ICE itself chooses the detention center.
• Find the person at the Online Detainee Locator System after the pickup, using the A-number with country of birth. Anyone lacking the A-number can use native country, DOB and their full name.
• Have a question for ICE? The Phoenix field office for Arizona is located at 2035 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004; the number is 602-257-5900.

When the court orders a prison term, the person is now an ADCRR (701 East Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, 602-542-5497) inmate under the state corrections department. The person often waits in the Clifton jail (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533, 928-865-4159) until the state has a bed. When space opens, the ADCRR moves them to a reception center for processing. At intake, staff review any gang affiliation, how much security they need, and medical and mental care. The last move is a unit that matches them.

Open the ADCRR inmate search for their unit. Our Arizona state prison guide covers each unit.

The sheriff's office (824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533) at 928-865-4149 takes media requests for mugshots that aren't public. ICE pictures come out just through a FOIA request to ICE, though ICE decides on release. U.S. mugshots are kept private. The exceptions are few. The Marshals can share a booking photo to find a wanted person, for pressing community safety, or if posting it could help catch them or alert the public.

Clifton Police are at 520 North Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533, and the non-emergency number is 928-865-4566. Everywhere else, the arresting officer most likely came from the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office, 824 South Coronado Boulevard, Clifton, AZ 85533, phone 928-865-4149.

Morenci, Duncan, York and Franklin have no city police, so deputies handle calls there.