De Baca County Inmate Population
The De Baca County inmate population is centered on one local adult detention facility, the De Baca County Detention Center. Research found no state prison, federal Bureau of Prisons facility, ICE detention center, or official U.S. Marshals contract facility inside De Baca County. That means most local arrest custody starts with the county jail, while later felony prison custody moves into the separate New Mexico Corrections Department offender search system.
Population figures for De Baca County need small-county caution. The jail can move from low double digits to its listed design capacity with only a few arrests, transfers, bond decisions, or short sentences. The county also lacks a live public jail dashboard, so the best available figures come from historical detention overviews and Vera Incarceration Trends rather than a current daily county feed.
De Baca County Inmate Statistics
The most concrete local capacity source is the New Mexico County Detention Overview hosted by the New Mexico Legislature. That July 2014 detention list reported 20 design beds for De Baca and an average daily population of 13. Vera reported a De Baca jail population of 20 for 2023, but Vera's recent capacity field for the county was blank, so that 2023 count should not be called current overcrowding without county confirmation.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| De Baca detention design capacity | 20 beds | New Mexico County Detention Overview, July 2014 |
| De Baca facility ADP | 13 | New Mexico County Detention Overview, July 2014 |
| Vera total jail population | 20 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2023 row |
| County population estimate | 1,647 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 estimate |
| State prison count | 5,689 | NMCD homepage count reported in research as of 06/18/2026 |
The Vera De Baca County page is the best matched image source for the local jail trend record.
Vera is useful for year-to-year context, but the De Baca County inmate population still needs confirmation from the jail for today's custody count.
De Baca County Jail Trends
De Baca County jail trend data shows a small facility with visible swings. Vera's recent rows list 12 people in 2018, 12 in 2019, 8.67 in 2020, 9.33 in 2021, 11 in 2022, and 20 in 2023. A large county might treat that spread as minor. In De Baca County, it can reflect a major local change because the base population is so low.
| Year / Period | Jail Population / ADP | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12 | Vera annual row, admissions 47.5 |
| 2019 | 12 | Vera annual row, admissions 50.5 |
| 2020 | 8.67 | Vera annual row, with quarterly values of 7, 8, and 11 |
| 2021 | 9.33 | Vera annual row, with quarterly values of 14, 8, and 6 |
| 2022 | 11 | Vera annual row |
| 2023 | 20 | Vera annual row, notable increase over recent years |
De Baca County Jail Capacity
The 2014 detention overview's 20-bed design figure and Vera's 2023 population of 20 line up numerically, but they should not be merged into an occupancy claim. They come from different sources and different dates. Older BJS-derived rows and Prison Policy Initiative data also show older capacity or population values near 14. The safest public-record reading is that De Baca has long operated as a very small local jail, with no current county-published capacity dashboard found.
No official recent inspection report, budget report, closure plan, federal consent decree, in-custody death dashboard, or major jail reform report was located for De Baca County. New Mexico law still requires local jail recordkeeping and annual jail or detention-center inspection reporting, but the located sources did not include a current De Baca report.
De Baca County Jail Laws
New Mexico law is the reason jail, booking, and court information can often be requested even when De Baca County does not publish a live roster. Public access is not unlimited. Custodians may redact or withhold protected law-enforcement details, juvenile records, sensitive images, or records covered by court limits.
Key Statutes:
New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act gives broad public access to government records unless an exception applies.
NMSA 33-3-7 requires a jail record for each person committed to jail, including the cause of confinement and release authority.
NMSA 33-3-4 jail inspection language addresses local detention-center inspections and reporting to the governing body.
Death in Custody Reporting Act data covers deaths in detention and law-enforcement custody, though no De Baca-specific public dashboard was found.
De Baca County State Custody
De Baca County jail custody is not the same thing as NMCD custody. The NMCD offender-search page states that its offender information covers people incarcerated by NMCD or on probation or parole supervision, and that NMCD does not have jurisdiction over county or city detention facilities. A person arrested in Fort Sumner may not appear in NMCD unless the case later leads to state prison, probation, parole, or another NMCD status.
The official NMCD prison-facility list includes facilities across New Mexico, but none are in De Baca County. When a De Baca felony sentence is served in state prison, the lookup route changes from the local jail and courts to NMCD search and the receiving institution.
The NMCD offender search information page is a useful source for understanding that boundary.
That state page helps prevent a common error: using the state prison locator as if it were a De Baca County jail roster.
Search De Baca County Inmates
No official De Baca County online jail roster, booking report, or mugshot gallery was located. That changes the search order. For a person who may have just been arrested, start with the De Baca County Detention Center phone listed in the 2014 detention overview, 575-355-7870, or the sheriff main office, 575-355-7433. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and any case or citation number.
- Call the detention center or sheriff main line for current county custody and booking status.
- Ask which custodian handles written requests for jail records, booking sheets, or booking photos.
- Search New Mexico court tools after charges have been filed.
- Use NMCD only after a state sentence, prison transfer, probation, or parole status is likely.
- Use BOP or ICE only for federal or immigration custody questions.
De Baca County Court Lookup
Because no official county roster was found, court records may be the first online official trail after an arrest. New Mexico Courts Case Lookup can show filed cases after data enters the court system. The Tenth Judicial District also posts De Baca District Court and Magistrate Court dockets for the current day plus six future days, which can help locate first appearances, bond settings, preliminary hearings, and later criminal settings.
| Record Type | Where to Start | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current jail custody | De Baca jail or sheriff by phone | No official online roster was located |
| Filed court case | New Mexico Case Lookup | Not proof of current physical custody |
| Upcoming hearing | District and Magistrate docket pages | Current day plus six future days |
| Court record request | New Mexico Courts IPRA portal | Judicial records, not sheriff booking files |
De Baca County Inmate Records
Public De Baca County roster fields could not be verified online because an official roster was not located. Do not assume the county publishes housing unit, bond-by-charge, mugshot, booking number, or release date online. The public-record route is more cautious: ask the jail or sheriff for current custody, ask the custodian how to request booking records, and use court records for charges after filing.
| Field | De Baca County Status |
|---|---|
| Online roster | Not located in official sources |
| Mugshot | Not verified on an official public county roster |
| Booking date/time | May exist in jail records, but not verified online |
| Charges | Jail cause-of-confinement may differ from filed court charges |
| Bond or release conditions | Check jail and court records, depending on case stage |
| Housing unit | Not published in located De Baca sources |
County Jail vs State Prison
The De Baca County inmate population includes people in local jail custody, not people who have already moved into a state prison. This distinction matters for families, attorneys, and record searchers. A booking at the De Baca County Detention Center can lead to local release, court supervision, a short jail sentence, or transfer to NMCD after a felony prison commitment.
| De Baca County Jail | New Mexico State Prison | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Pretrial detainees and short local sentences | People committed to NMCD after sentence or on supervision |
| Lookup route | Call jail or sheriff; request records if needed | Use NMCD Offender Search |
| Typical record | Booking, custody, bond, release, jail record | Offender number, status, location, release or supervision data |
| De Baca facility | De Baca County Detention Center | No NMCD prison is located in De Baca County |
State Federal ICE Searches
State, federal, and immigration locators cover different custody systems. NMCD Offender Search accepts name or offender-number searches and includes status, region, age filters, and reCAPTCHA. BOP Inmate Locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. ICE ODLS covers people in ICE custody or in CBP custody for more than 48 hours. None of those tools is a De Baca County jail roster.
The statewide VINE system can help with custody notifications, but it is not a complete replacement for calling the jail. NMCD reported upgrade-related limitations for New Mexico VINE searches, registrations, and notifications while existing release notifications continued. VINE's phone number in the research is 877-551-8463, and NMCD Victim Services is 877-842-8464.
De Baca County Detention Facilities
The Facility Map resolves one De Baca County detention facility. The De Baca County Detention Center is treated as a county jail, not an NMCD prison. It handles local adult detention for people arrested in the county, people awaiting early court action, and people serving short local jail sentences.
- De Baca County Detention Center - local adult county jail in Fort Sumner for pretrial detainees and locally sentenced inmates.
De Baca County Jail Scale
De Baca County is one of New Mexico's least-populated counties. The U.S. Census QuickFacts page estimated 1,647 residents on July 1, 2025. That scale explains why the county has less public jail infrastructure than a metro sheriff's office and why population shifts can look abrupt. A few bookings can change the jail count in a visible way.
Population context does not replace custody verification, but it helps explain why De Baca County inmate population data must be read as small-number data.
De Baca County Inmate FAQ
How big is the De Baca County inmate population?
The located 2014 detention overview reported 20 design beds and an ADP of 13. Vera reported a jail population of 20 in 2023. No live county dashboard was found, so current custody counts should be checked with the jail.
Is there a De Baca County jail roster online?
No official De Baca County online jail roster was located. Start with the detention phone or sheriff main line, then use court records, IPRA requests, NMCD, BOP, ICE, and VINE as the facts point to each system.
Where are sentenced De Baca County inmates searched?
After a felony prison commitment, the person moves into NMCD rather than remaining a county jail inmate. Use NMCD Offender Search for state custody or supervision, and use the court record for the case history.