Otero County Prison Facility

Effective immediately, all visitation is suspended at Otero County Prison Facility through the end of April 2020. This includes the suspension of contact, non-contact, and attorney visits in all prison facilities.

For questions regarding NMCD’s response to COVID-19, please contact Public Information Officer Eric Harrison at 505-382-3541 or email [email protected]. For information regarding NMCD’s response to COVID-19, click here https://cd.nm.gov/covid-19-updates. 

Visitation Hours after April 30, 2020 will be as follows:
Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

General Information

All visitors must submit a Visitor Application in advance, then they must be added to an inmate's visiting list before visitation is permitted. All approved visitors that are 16 years of age and older must surrender a valid picture ID upon entering the facility for visiting.

When you come to visit you will not be able to bring most of your personal property into the visiting room, so it is best if you leave it in your car. All items that you take into the visiting room will be searched by an officer. You may bring:

• $20 in loose change for vending machines

If you have a baby you may bring:

• two bottles
• one sip cup
• three diapers
• one blanket
• Baby wipes
• Factory sealed baby food
• One baby spoon (not metal)
• One pacifier
• One baby carrier

For a complete list of rules, click here.

Dress Code

All visitors must be appropriately attired in accordance with policy before entering any New Mexico Correctional Facility. Visitors are subject to denial of visiting privilege for that day if their attire is not in accordance with this policy.

Male Visitors:

Trousers and a shirt with sleeves must be worn at all times. Plain white undershirts or muscle shirts are not allowed when used as an outer garment. Restricted clothing colors will depend on the facility inmate uniform code. This information is available by calling the prison facility.

The following are not allowed:

• Shorts, beach-type shorts, or cut-offs
• Tank-Tops
• Hats, scarves, bandanas, or other types of headbands
• Skintight clothing or spandex
• Undergarments shall be worn, but not visible through outer clothing
• Footwear must be worn at all times, beach type thongs and slippers are not permitted
• Open-toed shoes are allowed
• Sweat clothes or athletic (warm-up) clothes may be worn, with the exception of shorts

Female Visitors:

Dresses, skirts or pants must be worn. Skirts or dresses cannot be more than three inches above the knee or have a slit higher than mid-thigh.

The following are not allowed:

• Shorts, cut-offs, and beach-type shorts
• Skintight clothing or spandex
• Tank top blouses, spaghetti straps, tube tops, halter-tops, spandex or spandex-like pants
• See-through clothing, clothing that shows cleavage, the midriff, shoulders or any part of the breast or upper thigh
• Hats, scarves, bandanas or other types of headbands
• Bathing suits worn as outer garment
• Sweat clothes or athletic (warm-up) clothes may be worn, with the exception of shorts
• Undergarments must be worn, including brassieres, but must not be visible through outer clothing
• Footwear must be worn at all times, beach type thongs, and slippers are not permitted. Open-toed shoes are allowed

Children:

All children the age of eight years old or above will be required to adhere to the adult dress code, according to gender. Children that are seven and younger shall be limited to the following exceptions:

• Short pants that are not shorter than three inches above the knee

All children including infants will be fully clothed at all times. Infants will not be permitted to wear only a diaper.

Miscellaneous: (Regardless of Age)-The following are not allowed for any visitor:

• Clothing expressing profanity, derogatory statements, or remarks
• Clothing which promotes drugs, alcohol, or sex
• Clothing that in the opinion of facility staff is promoting gangs or that has gang symbols
• Clothing worn in a baggy or sagging fashion, normally identified with gang dress
• Headwear of any sort (including head bands)
• No sunglasses, unless they are prescription

Inmates at the Otero County Prison Facility can’t receive incoming calls, but they do have access to phones during daytime hours for outgoing calls. For complete details on how to call an inmate in New Mexico, please click here.