Bernalillo County, New Mexico Jail & Detention Facility Guide
Confirm the current jail or detention location through the responsible Bernalillo County agency before mailing, paying, visiting, calling, or traveling. This page combines county-specific geography, official-source routing, state corrections guidance, and transfer checks without inventing an unverified facility list.
Facility search: quick answer
Metropolitan Detention Center snapshot
| Operator | Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center |
|---|---|
| Published address or location context | 100 Deputy Dean Miera Drive SW, Albuquerque, NM 87151 |
| Custody coverage | Custody, arrest, and release entries published by the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center |
| Search method | Official Inmate Custody and Release List, subject to the county's custody-list terms and accuracy warning |
| Release/history limitation | The county labels the data reference-only and requires users to confirm accuracy; it is not a final court disposition or complete criminal history |
| Public phone | 505-839-8700 |
County profile for facility verification
The Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate for Bernalillo County is 667,601 residents, compared with 676,867 in 2020. The estimated change was −9,266 people (1.4%). It ranks #1 among 33 county equivalents in New Mexico.
| Jurisdiction fact | Value | Facility-search relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Official Census name | Bernalillo County | Confirms the county-equivalent connected to the facility search |
| GEOID | 35001 | Distinguishes same-named counties and cities |
| County-equivalent type | County | Explains the jurisdiction model |
| 2025 resident population | 667,601 | Provides jurisdiction scale; it is not jail population or capacity |
| Adjacent jurisdictions | 2 | Supports nearby checks during regional or cross-county housing |
How to confirm the current facility
- Open the parent Bernalillo County inmate-search guide and identify the responsible sheriff, corrections department, detention center, regional jail, state agency, or other custodian.
- Use the verified custody method linked above.
- Confirm the exact facility name, booking or inmate number, current status, and jurisdiction.
- Open the official facility or agency page before sending mail, money, documents, or planning a visit.
- Reconfirm the location after court, medical transport, classification, contract placement, or transfer.
Why a jurisdiction can use more than one detention location
Local jail custody is normally handled by the responsible sheriff, county corrections department, detention center, regional jail, or another agency designated by the local government. State-prison and federal custody use separate systems. A jurisdiction may use an intake center, main jail, annex, work-release center, city jail, regional authority, juvenile facility, medical unit, courthouse holding area, or contracted beds. The public agency result or official information line is the best current source for where an adult is housed.
Facility details to verify
| Detail | Why it matters | Where to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Official facility name | Prevents confusion with an old, renamed, closed, or informal jail name | Responsible agency or current inmate result |
| Operating agency | Identifies the correct locator, phone, mail, money, and visitation rules | Sheriff, corrections, regional authority, state, or contracted public portal |
| Street and mailing address | Physical location and inmate-mail address can differ | Current official facility page |
| Public information phone | Confirms urgent transfer or release questions when published | Official contact page |
| Custody population served | A building may handle intake, pretrial, sentenced, work-release, medical, or another group | Agency facility description |
| Search relationship | Shows whether the county search covers the facility or another system must be used | Locator coverage statement |
Mail, money, visitation, and phone services
Do not use a facility address or vendor from an old third-party page. Open the current official sheriff, corrections, jail, regional authority, or facility page and confirm the recipient format, inmate number, permitted items, vendor, visitation approval process, schedule, identification requirements, and communication rules. Transfers can invalidate previously correct instructions.
When the facility shown online changes
A location can change after court, classification, sentence, disciplinary action, medical care, protective placement, overcrowding, regional placement, contract housing, state transfer, federal hold, or release processing. A changed location does not by itself explain the person’s legal status.
State and federal alternatives
If the person has entered state custody, use the New Mexico state inmate-search guide. The state agency is New Mexico Corrections Department and the published state tool is Offender Search. If federal custody is confirmed, use the federal BOP guide.
Nearby county searches
Cibola County inmate search
New Mexico · GEOID 35006
Sandoval County inmate search
New Mexico · GEOID 35043
How this guide avoids stale facility data
The parent county has a verified official custody pathway, but current facility details still must be reconfirmed before action.