Otero County Processing Center
Phone: 575-824-0440
Physical Address:
Otero County Processing Center
26 McGregor Range Rd
Chaparral, NM 88081
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's First and Last Name
Otero County Processing Center
26 McGregor Range Rd
Chaparral, NM 88081
Other Jails and Prisons
In addition, the offender search contains information about prisoners, parolees, and probationers who are currently under supervision, and who have been discharged. It also contains sex offenders, violent offenders, and those inmates who have absconded, or escaped.
The actual prison that an inmate is assigned to depends on factors such as security classification, remaining time of their sentence, gang affiliation, and location of their residence.
The New Mexico State Prison System began in 1885, when the first state prison on Cerrillos Road in Sante Fe was built.
Today the state of Nerw Mexico Prison System maintains 11 state correctional facilities.
With a staff of 3,400 correctional workers, as of the end of 2023 they oversee approximately 6,000 inmates, with another 115,000 on parole or supervised release.
The following will explain the instructions, tricks and hacks you can use to find any inmate in custody with the New Mexico Corrections Department.
The New Mexico Corrections Department provides a limited amount of information you may want to know about any inmate in their system, however they do list every inmate. Inmates in custody have their crimes listed, as well as previous convictions. They also list all inmates who have been discharged.
To look up an inmate, you need the full last name.
Step 1 - The Application
The first thing that has to happen is your inmate needs to add your name to their visitor list, then you need to do is fill out an application.
All inmate visitors must submit a Visitor Application for Visiting Privileges form (CD-100201.1) in advance for processing and to be added to an inmate's visiting list before visitation is permitted. Your inmate can mail you a copy of the form.This form must be submitted for renewal every two (2) years.
An inmate may not have more than 15 approved visitors listed on his/her visiting list.
Once approved, you will have to sign a document agreeing to the Rules and Regulations in regards to visiting.
Step 2 - The Visit
You need to schedule your visit directly with the Otero County Processing Center Visitor Coordinator. You can find the schedules and contacts for visits on this page.
When showing up for a visit you need to provide a government issued photo ID.
Inmates are allowed visitation twice per week.
An Inmate may be limited to three visitors (six years of age and older) and limited to three children (five years of age or younger) at any one time if space permits.
The length of the visit may be limited only by the individual institution's schedule and space availability.
If a number of visitors wish to visit an inmate, the visitors may divide the time allotted for the visit and alternate once during the visit. However, after a visitor has been processed out of the visiting area, that visitor is not allowed to return into the visiting area for that day.
Visitors who must travel a long distance and may only be able to visit once a month or longer, may request an extended visit which shall be reviewed by the Deputy Warden and may be approved on a case-by-case basis.
Any disorderly conduct, which includes the use of hostile, vulgar, or profane language, unruly behavior, engaging in activities that disrupt or disturb others, creating loud noises, creating unsanitary conditions or which disrupts the orderly operation of the visiting room is prohibited. This includes any physical contact beyond a breif kiss and a hug when the visit begins and ends.
Expect to be searched by guards, dogs and be put through an x-ray machine. Contraband will not be tolerated.
The dress code requires that you dress non-seductively and professionally. Dress as though you were meeting someone's grandmother for the first time.
Visitors can bring in a combined total of $30.00 in loose change for use in vending machines.
Visitors with infants will be permitted to enter with or have access to; 2 plastic bottles or a sip-cup, 3 diapers, a blanket, baby wipes, factory sealed baby food and one plastic baby spoon, a pacifier, baby carrier, etc.
Any other items needed that are not listed will be determined on case-by-case bases by the Shift Commander.
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1. AdvanceConnect – Good Option - You control all phone numbers your inmate can call.
This type of account offers you the following benefits:
• You are able to receive inmate calls as long as funds are available in your account.
• You can add multiple phone numbers to your account so your inmate can reach your home phone, work phone, cell phone, other relatives, neighbors, friends, etc.
• Calls WILL connect to cell phones.
2. Inmate Debit – Inmate can call anyone they choose (subject to jail's approval)
This type of account offers you the following benefits:
• You can fund an Inmate Debit account without having your own calling account.
• Inmates can call anyone on their approved calling list without requiring friends and family to create separate prepaid accounts.
• Calls WILL connect to cell phones.
• Funds placed in the Inmate Debit account will become the property of the inmate and friends & family members will not be able to receive refunds on this account.
3. Direct Bill - You receive calls from your inmate, and the charges are billed to you monthly.
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Otero County Processing Center Inmate & Family Voicemail
Securus Outbound Voicemail provides your inmate an opportunity to leave a message for their family and friends when a call to their mobile goes unanswered. Once the inmate leaves a voicemail, a text message containing a link will be sent to the dialed number. The recipient of the inmate's voicemail is then sent to a web form to pay and listen to the message. The voicemail will be available for up to 30 days after it is sent, and then another 30 days after it is paid for.
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$0.21 per minute
INMATE DEBIT Phone Calls
$0.21 per minute
DIRECT BILL Phone Calls
$0.25 per minute
TRADITIONAL COLLECT Phone Calls
$0.25 per minute
VOICEMAIL Message
One minute - $0.75 per minute
Postcards
The Otero County Processing Center allows inmates to receive pre-metered postcards like the type purchased from the post office. They may also allow certain photo postcards as long as they have not been tampered with or contain images that may be considered to be obscene or violent in nature. It is best to only use blue or black ink. Always include your name and return address.
Envelopes
The Otero County Processing Center also allows envelopes to be mailed to inmates. It is best to only use blue or black ink.
Postcards and envelopes MUST HAVE the sender's full name and return address on the envelope.
When sending mail to an inmate, use the inmate’s legal name and NMCD number.
All personal mail for inmates at the state run facilities should be addressed to the following for processing:
Inmate name and NMCD #
C/O Securus Digital Mail Center - NMCD
PO BOX 25397
Tampa, FL 33622
Lea County Correctional Facility and Otero County Prison Facility, the two privately operated facilities, will continue to accept personal mail.
Items that are impossible to inspect without destruction will be returned to sender such as glued items, greeting cards.
Privileged mail (legal mail) must come from the following persons: licensed attorney, judges and clerks of any federal, state or local court and must have official markings on the outside of the envelope and will be opened in the presence of the inmate and checked for contraband.
Legal Mail
All legal mail, cashier's checks and money orders will still be sent to the applicable facility address.
State-operated prison facility mailing addresses (For legal mail and money orders ONLY)
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Drawer 1328
1525 Morris Road,
Los Lunas, New Mexico 87031-1328
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
1039 Agua Negra Road
Santa Rosa, New Mexico 88435
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility
185 Dr. Michael Jenkins Road
Clayton, New Mexico 88415
Penitentiary of New Mexico
P.O. Box 1059
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1059
Roswell Correctional Center
578 W. Chickasaw Road
Hagerman, New Mexico 88232
Springer Correctional Center
P.O. Box 10
Springer, New Mexico 87747
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 639
1983 Joe R. Silva Boulevard
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004-0639
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Drawer 250
Grants, New Mexico 87020
Privately-operated prison facility mailing addresses (For all personal mail, legal mail and money orders)
Lea County Correctional Facility
6900 West Millen
Hobbs, New Mexico 88244
Otero County Prison Facility
10 McGregor Range Road
Chaparral NM 88081
Newspapers
Newspapers may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher.
Magazines
News, special interest or sports magazines may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher. Any magazines that contain profanity, weapons, pornography or other content that is adult in nature will be confiscated by the jail staff and will NOT be delivered to the inmate.
Books
The Otero County Processing Center allows books to be mailed directly to the jail from a reputable source such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million. You can order them directly from your computer and have them shipped to the inmate at the address noted.
Books must NOT contain images or content that are considered excessively violent, pornographic or obscene. Any book that does not meet the Otero County Processing Center standards will be disposed of.
Hard cover books will not be accepted by the jail due to their potential to be used as a weapon.
All magazines, newspapers and books will still be sent to the applicable facility address.
State-operated prison facility mailing addresses (For legal mail and money orders ONLY)
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Drawer 1328
1525 Morris Road,
Los Lunas, New Mexico 87031-1328
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
1039 Agua Negra Road
Santa Rosa, New Mexico 88435
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility
185 Dr. Michael Jenkins Road
Clayton, New Mexico 88415
Penitentiary of New Mexico
P.O. Box 1059
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1059
Roswell Correctional Center
578 W. Chickasaw Road
Hagerman, New Mexico 88232
Springer Correctional Center
P.O. Box 10
Springer, New Mexico 87747
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 639
1983 Joe R. Silva Boulevard
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004-0639
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Drawer 250
Grants, New Mexico 87020
Privately-operated prison facility mailing addresses (For all personal mail, legal mail and money orders)
Lea County Correctional Facility
6900 West Millen
Hobbs, New Mexico 88244
Otero County Prison Facility
10 McGregor Range Road
Chaparral NM 88081
Never send cash. Always send a Money Order from the US Post Office, a reputable bank or Western Union.
Only an approved visitor can send a money order, identified by the Inmate recipient’s name and number, to the specific facility in which the Inmate resides
Make the Money Order out to the inmate's name and put their Inmate ID# in memo section of the Money Order.
Mail to the Prison where your inmate is located.
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Drawer 1328
1525 Morris Road,
Los Lunas, New Mexico 87031-1328
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
1039 Agua Negra Road
Santa Rosa, New Mexico 88435
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility
185 Dr. Michael Jenkins Road
Clayton, New Mexico 88415
Penitentiary of New Mexico
P.O. Box 1059
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1059
Roswell Correctional Center
578 W. Chickasaw Road
Hagerman, New Mexico 88232
Springer Correctional Center
P.O. Box 10
Springer, New Mexico 87747
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 639
1983 Joe R. Silva Boulevard
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004-0639
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Drawer 250
Grants, New Mexico 87020
Lea County Correctional Facility
6900 West Millen
Hobbs, New Mexico 88244
Otero County Prison Facility
10 McGregor Range Road
Chaparral NM 88081
Failure to do this properly will delay your inmate getting his account credited and may require you to have to resubmit a second money order.
Call 575-824-0440 to ask any questions about this.
State Inmate
Most states have Department of Corrections websites that allow you to type in a felon's first and last name and pull up inmates in that state.
If you need to find a sentenced inmate serving time in a state other than New Mexico, go here. To find an inmate in New Mexico, just scroll to the top of the page and click on the Inmate Search button.
Once you locate them click next to the inmate's name or on the link provided and it will show you which prison the inmate is housed in. If the inmate is no longer incarcerated, but is on parole/probation or discharged, it will tell you that as well. In addition, many state prison inmate pages show recent mug shots.
Federal Inmate
The federal prison system has its own inmate locator called the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator.
Type in the inmate's name and it will tell you where he or she is incarcerated and their projected release date. It also lists released federal prison inmates and the date they were released.
Federal inmates who are moved from one prison to another will show as "No longer in federal custody" on the system until they reach their next federal prison destination. This movement can take a few days to several months to complete, so keep checking back to find out where the inmate was taken.
ICE Inmates
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