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Torrance County Detention Facility Overview

Torrance County Detention Facility is the single detention facility resolved for the Torrance County facility map. CoreCivic lists the facility at 209 County Road AO49, Estancia, NM 87016, with phone 505-384-2711 and fax 505-384-5184. CoreCivic identifies the customer base as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Torrance County, and its facility materials also include reporting routes for U.S. Marshals Service detainees. The facility should therefore be described as a private contract detention center serving mixed custody populations.

The facility is not a New Mexico Corrections Department prison. It is also not a BOP-operated federal prison. That distinction controls the search path. A person sentenced to New Mexico prison should be searched through NMCD Offender Search after transfer. A federal sentenced prisoner is searched through the BOP locator. An immigration detainee is searched through ICE ODLS. A local Torrance County detainee may require the facility phone line, court records, and county IPRA because no official public county roster was found.

The CoreCivic facility page shows the official facility contact block and public facility context.

The page confirms the facility's public address and phone, but it does not provide a public inmate roster or booking-photo gallery.

Torrance County Detention Facility Population

CoreCivic's 2019 activation release described Torrance County Detention Facility as a 910-bed facility that had been idle before activation under the Torrance County and ICE agreement. DHS OIG later reported that ICE reduced facility capacity from 714 detainees to 505 detainees on March 1, 2022 because staffing targets were not met. A congressional report dated October 28, 2022 listed 122 total detained or incarcerated people at the facility, split among 45 USMS custody, 53 Torrance County custody, and 21 ICE detainees.

Those figures should not be treated as a live roster. They are dated capacity and population data from facility, federal, and congressional sources. The current count can change with contract use, staffing, transfers, ICE operations, court orders, and local bookings.

How to Search Torrance County Detention Facility Custody

No official public Torrance County jail roster was located, so the facility search begins with custody type. The phone route is the first official local contact for a person believed to be physically held at the Estancia facility. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS by A-number and country of birth, or by name, country of birth, and birth date. For state prison or supervision, use NMCD Offender Search. For federal sentenced custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator.

1. Call Torrance County Detention Facility at 505-384-2711 when the person may be held at the facility.
2. Use ICE ODLS if the person may be in immigration custody.
3. Search New Mexico Case Lookup for local criminal charges after a Torrance County arrest.
4. Use NMCD for sentenced state-prison custody and BOP for federal sentenced custody.
5. File a Torrance County IPRA request for locally maintained non-exempt jail or booking records.

For a wider explanation of the missing county roster and fallback chain, see Torrance County inmate records.

Torrance County Detention Facility Address and Contact

Use the physical address for visits and mapping. Use the P.O. Box format for inmate and detainee mail. The sheriff office and district court are at the Neil Mertz Judicial Complex, but that is not the detention center.

Visiting Torrance County Detention Facility

The CoreCivic visitor/contact PDF provides the best public visitation detail. Visitors may park in the large lot in unmarked spaces, but they may not wait in a vehicle during visitation. Vehicles must be secured, and keys are surrendered at the front desk. Visitors entering secure areas must clear a metal detector and may be subject to pat search if they cannot clear it.

Mail and Money at Torrance County Detention Facility

The facility PDF lists strict mail and deposit rules. People may not receive stamps, stamped envelopes, blank paper, non-paper items, or packages. Money can be sent through Western Union, Send2Corrections, phone transfer, online transfer, or a Georgia lockbox money-order route, depending on the person's custody and account details.

Torrance County Detention Facility Records

The facility does not publish a public roster, so records access often moves through a phone call, county IPRA, the court, ICE, NMCD, BOP, or VINE. Torrance County IPRA requests can be emailed to IPRA@tcnm.us or mailed to Records Custodian, P.O. Box 48, Estancia, NM 87016. The county lists copies at $1.00 per page and says requests may be forwarded if the county knows another proper custodian.

For court charges after a local arrest, use New Mexico Case Lookup, Torrance County District Court, Moriarty Magistrate Court, or the judicial branch IPRA process. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS and ICE reporting lines. For state-prison custody after sentencing, use NMCD. For federal prison custody, use BOP. For custody notifications, use New Mexico VINE, while noting NMCD's warning about upgrade outages and separate DA registration for written parole/release notices.

Booking and Intake at Torrance County Detention Facility

A local arrest may begin with the sheriff, Estancia Police, Moriarty Police, Mountainair Police, New Mexico State Police, or another agency. Booking can include identification, search, property inventory, booking photo, fingerprints, screening, classification, and housing assignment. Facility materials and PREA audit context support the existence of classification and secure housing decisions, but no local public roster profile was found.

First appearance and court timing are handled through New Mexico courts. A jail booking reason may not match the final filed charge. Check court records for complaints, informations, indictments, bond conditions, warrants, and dispositions. A detainer means another agency's hold or notice may affect release even if a local bond appears available.

Torrance County Detention Facility Conditions and Oversight

DHS OIG issued a 2022 management alert after an unannounced spot inspection that reported critical staffing shortages, safety risks, unsanitary conditions, and the reduction of ICE capacity from 714 to 505 detainees. A congressional report later in 2022 listed 115 employees, 20 temporary duty staff, and 90 vacancies, including 72 detention officer vacancies. ICE Office of Detention Oversight inspection PDFs continued in 2023 and 2024.

These sources are conditions and oversight records, not a live inmate roster. They are useful for understanding why capacity figures and population counts at this facility should be read by date and source. CoreCivic's page also lists PREA reporting and a 2024 PREA audit date.