Pueblo of Cochiti Jail
Pueblo of Cochiti Jail Information
Cochiti is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico. It is a historic Cochiti pueblo and one of the Keresan Nations, and it is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 528 at the time of the 2010 census.Inmate Services
Tribe: Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico
Phone
505-465-2244Mailing address (personal mail)
Pueblo of Cochiti Jail
P.O. Box 70
Cochiti Pueblo, NM 87072
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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).