San Juan County Adult Detention Center Overview
The San Juan County Adult Detention Center is the county's adult detention facility in Farmington. The county describes its role as care, custody, and control of the detainee population. It is not the sheriff's Aztec office and not a state prison. The jail is the local custody point after arrest, court remand, bond hold, or short local sentence, while formal court records are maintained by New Mexico courts and sentenced state prison records are handled by the New Mexico Corrections Department.
The facility is also the source behind the county's public detainee posting. San Juan County says booking, charges, bonding, and mugshot information for current and past detainees is available through the Adult Detention Center Detainee Inquiry. The county also warns that outside arrest or mugshot pages are not affiliated with the ADC and are not controlled by the county. That warning matters because copied images may remain on third-party pages even after a county roster record changes.
San Juan County Adult Detention Center
871 Andrea Drive
Farmington, NM 87401
(505) 566-4500
Lobby access is posted on weekdays, with official source text showing different morning start times. Confirm current access before arrival.
San Juan County Adult Detention Center Capacity
San Juan County's 2025 Detainee Population Profile gives unusually detailed facility data. The profile lists a 194,000 square foot building, 1,091 beds, a 44-bed medical unit, 151 staff, a 2025 average daily population of 390, and 7,587 detainees booked during 2025. The same profile lists a per diem rate of $124.29, changing to $152.26 on July 1, 2026. Those figures come from the county profile and should not be treated as a real-time count.
The 2025 average daily population was below the physical bed count, but that does not prove every bed was operationally available each day. Classification, medical needs, separation rules, staffing, maintenance, and special housing can all affect usable capacity. The county profile did not publish a separate pod-by-pod rated capacity or a pretrial-versus-sentenced split. Use the county profile for scale, then use the Detainee Inquiry for current person-level custody searches.
Look Up San Juan County ADC Inmates
Use the San Juan County Adult Detention Center Detainee Inquiry for current and past county detainee records. The search fields include name, subject number, booking number, in-custody status, booking date range, and housing facility. A result row can show photo, name, in-custody status, scheduled release date, race, gender, date of birth, multiple-booking status, and housing facility. A detail record can show demographics, photos, booking history, bond and bail totals, bond rows, charges, docket numbers, court rooms, dispositions, sentence dates, crime class, and arresting agency fields.
The housing facility filter is important in San Juan County because the same roster can identify the Adult Detention Center or the Alternative Sentencing Division. For a person arrested in Farmington, Aztec, Kirtland, or elsewhere in the county, begin with the county roster. If the person has been sentenced to a state prison, use NMCD Offender Search instead. If the issue is federal prison or immigration detention, use BOP or ICE systems because those are not county jail records.
- Open the official Detainee Inquiry from the county ADC page.
- Search by name, or use subject number or booking number when known.
- Keep In Custody checked for a current jail search, or broaden date filters for a past booking.
- Select San Juan County Adult Detention Center in the Housing Facility filter when placement matters.
- Open the profile to review photos, booking history, bond, charges, court room, and disposition fields.
Visiting San Juan County ADC Detainees
San Juan County's captured ADC visitation rule is direct: all detainee visits must be scheduled and conducted online. The FAQ says children can visit only through online visits scheduled through GettingOut. A specific day-by-day public social visitation schedule was not exposed in the research, so the correct local instruction is to use the county's scheduling channel and confirm current availability before planning a visit.
For San Juan County Adult Detention Center visitation help, the research lists (505) 516-0115. Visitors should not assume in-person social visitation is available because the captured county text says all detainee visits are online. Legal visit rules were not published in the captured source, and legal mail is the only mail type accepted at the security receptionist. Families should use facility contacts rather than guessing based on another county's jail schedule.
| Visit Type | Scheduling Channel | Published Schedule | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detainee video or online visit | GettingOut | Specific times not published in captured text | County says all visits must be scheduled and conducted online. |
| Child visitor | GettingOut online scheduling | Not published | FAQ says children may visit through online-only scheduled visits. |
| Attorney or legal visit | Confirm with facility | Not located | Do not infer rules from social visits. |
| In-person social visit | Not offered in captured text | N/A | Captured county text points to online visits. |
San Juan County ADC Mail and Money
ADC mail goes directly to the detainee at the Andrea Drive facility. The envelope must show the sender's full name and complete address and the detainee's first and last name. The county mail rules are specific: only plain white paper and plain white envelopes are accepted, postage stamps must be purchased through commissary, and religious books cannot be dropped off because detainees must request them through chaplain coordinators. Only legal mail is accepted by the security receptionist. All other mail must be sent through the United States Postal Service.
Money and phone services use several channels. Postal money orders are accepted at the commissary window on weekdays during the published commissary window hours. The lobby kiosk accepts cash, credit, or debit during regular lobby hours. TouchPay deposits require the detainee first and last name, CHJ number, facility name and address, and site number 287401. Commissary orders use I Care, and phone accounts can involve collect calls, commissary debit, or Advance Pay through ConnectNetwork.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Local Note |
|---|---|---|
| Postal money order | Commissary window | Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in captured text. |
| Lobby kiosk | Cash, credit, or debit | Available during regular lobby hours. |
| Phone or online deposit | TouchPay Direct, (866) 232-1899 | Requires CHJ number and site #287401. |
| Commissary order | I Care or (877) 615-3296 | Use detainee identifying details for orders. |
| Phone account | ConnectNetwork | ADC text lists Advance Pay and provider billing contacts. |
Booking and Bond at San Juan County ADC
Local booking starts when a person is arrested, remanded by a court, or otherwise committed to county custody. The public record then appears through intake outputs such as demographic fields, photo timestamps, booking date, housing facility, bond and bail totals, bond type, charges, docket numbers, court room labels, disposition fields, sentence dates, and crime class. The county did not publish a precise roster refresh interval, so a new detainee may not appear until booking and data entry are complete.
The ADC bond instruction is brief but useful. The county says to contact any local bonding agency for bond-out questions and to contact the facility for cash-only bonds. A profile may show Total Bond Amount, Total Bail Amount, and per-row bond entries such as HOLD PENDING. A zero amount or hold entry does not always mean release is free or immediate. Court holds, remand orders, revoked release conditions, or another lawful hold can control release.
Custody check: Use the ADC roster for county jail status, then verify bond and court conditions with the facility or court before traveling with money.
San Juan County ADC Programs and Conditions
The Adult Detention Center connects to several local programs. RISE provides weekly substance-use treatment group programming for people detained at the ADC and uses a case manager and peer support worker for at least two weeks after release. ReEntry Support Services works with people being released into San Juan County from incarceration at the ADC and focuses on needs such as transportation, shelter, food, and employment immediately before and after release.
The county profile lists a 44-bed medical unit, and the ADC page says detainee medical information is confidential and protected under HIPAA. Public medical questions are routed to the medical services provider at (505) 566-4545. The county also posts PREA materials and a PREA Coordinator contact. A 2024 local investigative report described conditions allegations involving the ADC, while a 2023 local report described a staff training and wellness center. Treat those items as dated news context, not as proof of a current finding unless the underlying record is checked.
- Classification
- Jail assessment used to make housing and custody decisions.
- Hold pending
- A bond or custody notation that may point to a court hold or unresolved release condition.
- PREA
- The Prison Rape Elimination Act framework for sexual abuse prevention and reporting in detention.