Address:
436 Courthouse Road
Los Lunas, NM 87031
Phone:
505-565-8900
Valencia County Detention Center is, or will soon be, providing tablets for inmates to use for phone and visitation communication, as well as sending and receiving electronic messaging. If you don't see this facility's tablet service company listed below, call the jail at 505-565-8900 for information.
The tablets are not connected directly to the internet, but instead to a server controlled by the Valencia County Detention Center. This allows all communication between inmates and their contacts to monitored during calls and visits, as well as delays while written communication is reviewed.
Please note that while the jail may provide the tablet for free, there will be a cost for ongoing use of it for entertainment and educational purposes.
Scroll down for a complete section outlining Frequently Asked Questions and Answers regarding renting tablets for Valencia County Detention Center Inmates.
You can find information about the Valencia County Detention Center’s tablet program at the top of this page. If there is no information about it, it is because they either have recently changed companies or are not yet providing this service for inmates. Call 505-565-8900 to confirm.
Inmates in jails and prisons are using tablets for all the communication services available such as video visitation, video phone calls, regular phone calls, and electronic messaging – which is like texting and email.
Tablets are also used for entertainment, such as watching movies, television shows, listening to music and reading e-books. It is also used for education, self-help information, and legal research.
No, they are not connected to the internet. All the messages, visits and programming goes through a system controlled by the company that provides the tablets, and through the jail. They control what each inmate sees. All messages are carefully screened and not delivered if the sender or the inmate violates jail policy.
For accessing visits and messages, the tablets are free to us. Each unit has many of them, all provided by the company that has contracted with the jail. Of course, the video visits and messages have a fee and those are paid for by the inmate’s family and friends who use the service.
That’s the question a lot of people ask and don’t fully understand.
The way the jail staff looks at it, is that if they can keep the inmates busy and distracted, it makes it safer for them.
Tablets also give them a certain power over controller an inmate’s behavior. For example, if an inmate knows that they will lose the privilege of having access to a tablet if they get into a fight or violate another rule or policy, they will be better behaved.
Tablets are one of the few things that make an inmate feel as though they are free, and they don’t want to lose the privilege of having access to one.
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Yes, if an inmate breaks a tablet, then they are responsible for paying for it. The money will come out of their commissary funds, so not only do they lose access to having a tablet as punishment, but they also won’t be able to purchase snacks on commissary.
For inmates receiving mail in the Valencia County Detention Center there are different addresses and policies depending on the inmate's status, as well as what type of mail they are receiving; personal mail, legal mail, subscriptions or books sent from a third-party such as Amazon.
All mail is to be shipped to the Valencia County Detention Center:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID#
Valencia County Detention Center
436 Courthouse Road
Los Lunas, NM 87031
For complete information on mail policies, what you can send an inmate and what address to send them, check out our Inmate Mail page.
To receive phone calls from inmates in Valencia County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:
Note: All your calls with an inmate are recorded, stored and shared with law enforcement if the conversation deals with your case or any criminal activity. Anything communicated can be used against you or your inmate in court.
For all the information regarding phone calls with Valencia County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.
Using Jail ATM Digital Messaging with an Inmate at Valencia County Detention Center - Sending and Receiving Messages.
How It Works:
Once you sign up with Jail ATM instant Messaging you can you can send texts from the cell phone associated with the mobile number you provided at sign-up, and receive text messages from the inmate on the same cell phone. You can only use the phone number you signed up with or it won't work.
To learn more about this email service, check out our full instructions, including fees at our emailing and texting page.
To visit an inmate in Valencia County follow these steps:
For full instructions on all the benefits of using JailATM to visit a Valencia County inmate, visiting an inmate at the jail itself, rates, policies, rules, dress codes, bringing children, attorney and clergy visits and more, go to our official Visit Inmate Page.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Valencia County Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages or sending money to an inmate in Valencia County Detention Center check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Valencia County.
To deposit money online for an inmate in Valencia County Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and procedures for sending money to an inmate in Valencia County Detention Center, or depositing money at the jail, over the phone or by mail, check out our Send Money Page for Valencia County.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Valencia County Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Valencia County Detention Center check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Valencia County.
