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COUNTY JAIL > Home
Operated on a 24 hour day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.
The jail is closed to everyone except new bookings during the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.. This closure is to allow meal service and the administration of medication.
Visitation days are on Saturdays and Sundays. Visitation for female inmates will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and male inmate visits are held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. both days. Visitors to the center must bring a form of valid photo identification with them if they plan to visit. No special visits will be allowed. All visitors are subject to search of their person and/or belongings brought with them.
Attorney Client visitation will only be allowed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday with the exceptions for the afternoon meal and medication closing. Family members are not allowed to accompany Attorney’s during visitation.
There are no contact visits allowed by members of the public. All visitation by members of the public with inmates will be conducted via the visitation phone system. Conversation on this system may be monitored or recorded for security reasons.
The center will not take messages for inmates unless it is a confirmed emergency! Inmates have telephones in their cells to contact people on the outside. Calls to bondspersons and the public defender are free. All other calls can be made via jail calling card, or collect. Outside calling cards will not work on our phone system
From the time a person is arrested to the time they are booked into the center may take several hours depending on the amount of inmate functions handled at any one time. Callers to the detention center inquiring on whether a person is in jail will have their questions answered regarding the amount of bond and or charges filed. Once the arrestee is processed and the booking information is obtained, then and only then, will the arrestee be allowed to call family members.
Property may be dropped off for inmates or picked up from inmates at any time except during the stated closing for meals and medication. Inmates are allowed 3 changes of underwear and socks in their possession. All T-Shirts must be solid colors with no names, logos, or pictures. No other items will be allowed.
If you are bringing money for inmates to use for commissary, it must be in the form of cash or money order. No checks will be accepted.
To drop off or pick up property go to door #35 at the rear of the jail and request entrance to do so over the intercom.
The inmates are provided a library for their use. They are allowed two books in their cell area at one time. They are also allowed the Bible (English or Spanish), The Book of Mormon or the Koran. We accept book donations to the inmate library, but not to a specific inmate.
By statute the Alamosa County Detention Center charges SENTENCED inmates for their stay in the facility. The daily cost for this jail time amounts to $63.53 per day. The Detention Center also charges a statutory booking and bond fee. The booking fee is $30.00, the bonding fee is $10.00.
These fees are not included in the cost of care daily fee and are charged for un-sentenced inmates. When a sentenced inmate is released, he/she will be directed to go to the administrative area of the Sheriff’s Office to either pay their cost of care in full or make payment arrangements.
Sentenced inmates may participate in the detention centers house release program. To take part in this program inmates must meet the following criteria:
- Be sentenced to confinement in the Alamosa County Detention Center
- Reside within Alamosa County
- Have a functioning telephone within your residence that does not have call waiting, voice messaging, or Internet connections
- Show viable proof of income and ability to maintain the same throughout your participation in the program.
- Must not have been previously terminated from this type of program, whether with this office, or any other agency providing a similar program
- Applicants must restrict their employment to within the boundaries of the San Luis Valley
- Applicant must also notify their employers of their participation in the house arrest program and the limitations and guideline therein
Applicants may not have current charges or a history that falls within the following categories:
- Any sexual assault
- All homicides, except traffic related.
- Any violent felony (use of a weapon and or injury)
- Violent misdemeanor
- Domestic Violence
- History of escapes or walk-aways from any program
The cost for taking part in this program is $34.00 per day paid in advance.
The detention center staff is not allowed to tell you what bondsperson to use. The only thing they will instruct you to do is look in the telephone book and pick the bondsperson of your choice.
Inmates may be released in several different ways. They have the opportunity to post a cash bond, a surety bond or a personal recognizance bond. All bonds are posted in the jail but the property bond must be otained through the courts. Cash bonds are just that - cash. If the bond amount is $50,000.00 you pay $50,000.00 in cash plus the booking and bond fees and the person is released. A surety bond is done through a bondsperson.
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If the bond is $50,000.00, you may pay up to $7,500.00 to a bondsperson and they guarantee your appearance in court. Part of this guarantee is that you have to post, or give something of value to the bondsperson to satisfy the balance owed. The $7,500.00 in not refundable. It is the cost of going through a bondsperson. Property bonds are done through the court, require an appraisal of the property and it takes time to complete.
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Personal recognizance bonds are usually handled by the court and basically release a person from jail on his/her word (promise) to reappear in court on the proper day. The amount of the bond is scheduled by the court and cannot be changed by detention staff.
The Alamosa County Detention Center offers several programs to their inmates. Sentenced inmates can apply to obtain their G.E.D. while in the center. They can apply for counseling for addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. They can also apply to be a trusty while being held in our center. Trusty status is a position where the inmate works around the center during his/her incarceration. Compensation for this work and the fact that the inmate follows the rules of the center allows the inmate to receive good time.
The detention center staff also allow inmates to take part in the center's inmate work crew. This crew performs community service projects to the people of Alamosa County. To date they have cleaned several miles of roadside trash and helped clean properties which fall in the counties blight ordinance.
Contact Person for the Detention Division
- Sergeant Ronald Goodman 719-589-5787 rgoodman@alamosacounty.org
Contact Person House Arrest Program
- Corporal Gary Thomas 719-589-6608 cthomas@alamosacounty.org
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