San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Jail

San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Jail Information

Northern Paiutes are indigenous to northeastern California, northwest Nevada, eastern Oregon, and southern Idaho. Northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah's Paiute people. The Paiutes that live on the Bishop Paiute Reservation are descended from the "Nu-Mu," the Owens Valley's indigenous inhabitants. The tribe, which has roughly 2,000 enrolled members, is located at the foot of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Bishop, California.

Tribe: San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona

Phone: 928-283-4762

Physical Address:
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Jail
67 Maple St
Tuba City, AZ 86045

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San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Jail
67 Maple St
Tuba City, AZ 86045

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Understanding US Bureau of Indian Affairs

Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.

There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.

Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).

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