McKinley County Adult Detention Center Inmate Lookup

McKinley County Adult Detention Center Overview

McKinley County Adult Detention Center, often abbreviated MCADC, is the primary local jail for McKinley County, New Mexico. The official county detention page places it at 255 South Boardman Drive in Gallup and describes it as a long- and short-term adult detention facility. Oversight is through a Jail Authority Board made up of McKinley County and City government officials, so the public-facing material is organized as a county detention operation rather than simply a sheriff roster page.

The facility holds adult pretrial detainees, people serving local sentences, and people placed under contract bed-space arrangements when accepted by the jail. The county says MCADC works with federal, local, state, and tribal correctional agencies on negotiated bed-space services. That does not make the jail the lookup point for every system. It means a person in the building may be tied to another custody authority, and the correct search route may depend on whether the person is a local county detainee, a sentenced New Mexico prisoner, a tribal custody transfer, a federal defendant, or an immigration detainee.

The official county detention-center page identifies the jail address, capacity, staffing, mission, and contract-services role.

McKinley County Adult Detention Center Capacity and Population

The county publishes a rated capacity of 328 beds for MCADC and an average staffing level of 55 staff members, including correctional officers and administrative staff. Current daily population, average daily population, annual booking volume, demographic breakdowns, and average length of stay were not published in the official county pages reviewed for this build.

For historical context, the Prisoners of the Census New Mexico correctional population list included McKinley County Adult Detention Center with a local correctional population of 325, with the underlying source date shown as December 31, 2013. That older figure is close to the published bed count, but it should not be treated as a current occupancy number or as proof of present overcrowding.

How to Look Up an Inmate at McKinley County Adult Detention Center

No official McKinley County public jail roster, booking report, recent-booking feed, or mugshot gallery was located on the county website. For local jail custody, the practical lookup route is direct contact with the detention center and, when the question involves records rather than immediate custody, the Sheriff Records Division or county public-records process. The visitor information source identifies 505-726-8474 as the phone route for charges and bond. Visitation questions are routed to 505-979-7224, and the county main number is 505-863-1400 if a direct line is unavailable.

1. Start with the jail for current county custody, charges, bond, release, and hold questions.
2. Call 505-726-8474 for charges and bond details, and have the person's full name and date of birth ready.
3. If the person is not in county custody, ask whether they were released, transferred, booked under another agency, or moved after sentencing.
4. Use New Mexico Courts Case Lookup for filed court charges, NMCD Offender Search after state sentencing, New Mexico VINE for notification, the BOP locator for federal sentenced custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration custody.

Do not treat a negative NMCD result as proof that someone is not in MCADC. NMCD states that it does not have jurisdiction over county or city detention facilities. Likewise, BOP and ICE searches are separate federal systems and do not replace the county jail phone route for a new Gallup or McKinley County booking.

McKinley County Adult Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the jail address for facility-specific mail and visitor direction questions, but use the correct phone route for the topic. The research separates charges and bond, visitation questions, general county contact, and Sheriff records requests. Collapsing those into one generic phone number can send a family member to the wrong counter or delay a time-sensitive release question.

Visiting Someone at McKinley County Adult Detention Center

McKinley County publishes a weekday walk-in visitation schedule. Visits are first come, first served. Each inmate receives one visit per week, and up to three people may participate in that visit. Visitors must be signed up and ready by 3:00 p.m. for the last visit, cell phones are not allowed, and permission to visit can be revoked temporarily or permanently. Former inmates must be out of jail for at least 90 days before visiting another inmate.

The county pages reviewed did not publish a dress code, child visitor identification rule, locker policy, remote video visitation schedule, or attorney visitation schedule. Call 505-979-7224 before traveling, especially if the person was recently booked, moved housing, placed under discipline, or held for another agency.

Mail, Phone, and Money at McKinley County Adult Detention Center

Mail to MCADC must be addressed to the inmate by full name at 255 Boardman Drive, Gallup, NM 87301. Daily USPS mail is received, and incoming mail is opened and searched for contraband. Legal and privileged mail may be opened only in the inmate's presence. The sender's full name and complete address must be on the envelope, and mail may not contain correspondence for another inmate.

Prohibited mail items include stamps, cash, calling cards, stickers, inkpads, tape, glitter cards, electronic greeting cards, Polaroids, pictures larger than 5 by 7, more than five pictures from one sender at a time, nudity, sexually explicit materials, domestic-issue or restraining-order correspondence, books, magazines, clothing, and anything that threatens security, order, discipline, or mental health. Items outside the rules may be returned or placed in property until release.

Inmates cannot receive incoming calls, and staff do not deliver personal messages. Each housing unit has a collect-call phone, but there is no phone access after lockdown and calling cards are not accepted. JailATM online credit-card deposits require an account and valid email and are posted within 30 minutes after approval. Lobby kiosk deposits post immediately. Money orders mailed to the inmate at the jail post the next business day after receipt, and the county says it is not responsible for lost money orders or mail delays.

Booking and Intake at McKinley County Adult Detention Center

New bookings can come from McKinley County Sheriff, Gallup Police, New Mexico State Police, tribal law-enforcement agencies, federal officers, or another agency acting on a warrant or court order. The Sheriff Civil Division material confirms that prisoner transports can involve in-state and out-of-state movement when a judge orders it, including outstanding bench warrants, treatment-facility transports, and juvenile court transports. That is why a local jail population can include people arrested on new charges and people moved because of an existing case.

The county does not publish a detailed intake flowchart. In practical terms, families should expect identification, warrant or hold checks, property handling, security screening, booking records, and housing or classification decisions before normal phone and visitation access stabilizes. Booking charges can differ from later filed court charges. If a court case is open, verify the formal charges through New Mexico Courts Case Lookup or the correct clerk instead of relying only on intake information.

About McKinley County Adult Detention Center

MCADC's official pages emphasize safe and secure detention, professional correctional duties, accountability, and cooperation with public-safety agencies. The PREA page states that the Gallup McKinley Adult Detention Center has a zero-tolerance policy for PREA incidents. Published program detail is limited. The county pages reviewed did not list GED classes, vocational programs, work release rules, medical request procedures, grievance forms, or a current inspection report.

The facility is part of a compact Gallup justice area. MCADC is on South Boardman Drive, McKinley County Magistrate Court is nearby on Boardman Drive, Gallup Municipal Court is also on Boardman Drive, District Court is on West Hill Avenue, the District Attorney office is on West Hill Avenue, and the Sheriff's Office is on East Aztec Avenue. These locations are close enough to confuse, but they are not interchangeable. Court filings, bond terms, jail custody, and records requests may be handled by different offices.