Chaves County

The Detention Center

Chaves County Detention Center

• Operated byChaves County Detention Center, a county department headed by a Detention Administrator
• Who runs itMichael Brisco — Detention Administrator, Chaves County Detention Center. Reports to: Not published (standalone county department; the county does not state who appoints or supervises the Detention Administrator)
• Jail address3701 S Atkinson, Roswell, NM 88203; 575-624-6517; fax 575-623-3037
• ComponentsAdult Detention Facility, Juvenile Detention Facility, Officer Training Academy, and Court Services & Offender Supervision
• Court servicesCommunity Service, Misdemeanor Compliance and Electronic Monitoring (INTV bracelet programme), supervising people sentenced for misdemeanor or DWI offences
• Adult visitationUp to 2 visits per week on Thursday, Friday and Sunday, 8:30–11:00 a.m. and 1:00–3:00 p.m.; up to 2 adults and 3 children per visit; picture ID and approved visitation list required; lobby sign-up required
• Video visitationOffered through Securus Technologies; the county links Securus but publishes no per-minute rate
• Detention budgetThe Final Budget FY 2025-2026 shows a 650-Detention Inmate Expense Fund budgeted at $2,531,220 for FY2026 (up from $2,231,540 in FY2025), a 435-Correction Grants Fund at $237,500 for FY2026 (up from $196,658), and a Detention Center allocation within the 401-General Fund. The county describes detention expenditures as mainly personnel, housing of juveniles, supplies, ongoing operating costs and capital improvements
• BedsNot found — no bed capacity or daily population published on the county site
• What was triedhttps://www.chavescounty.gov/your-county/departments/detention-center ; https://www.chavescounty.gov/your-county/public-safety-judicial-services/detention-center ; https://www.chavescounty.gov/your-county/departments/detention-center/adult-detention-visitation ; https://www.chavescounty.gov/your-county/departments/sheriff-s-office ; https://www.chavescounty.gov/how-do-i ; https://www.chavescounty.gov/your-county/departments/finance-department/budget

Source: Chaves County — Detention Center · checked 2026-08-24

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✓What it costs taxpayers
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Chaves County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-24. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Mike Herrington

• Runs the jailNo — the county lists the Detention Center as its own department with its own Detention Administrator, alongside rather than under the Sheriff's Office. Both sit within Public Safety & Judicial Services
• How the office is filledElected county sheriff (New Mexico)
• UndersheriffCharles Yslas
• Office address1 St. Mary's Place, Roswell, NM 88203; 575-624-6500; non-emergency 575-624-7590

Source: Chaves County — Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-24

The Judges

New Mexico judges are initially appointed by the Governor from a judicial nominating commission list, then stand in a partisan election at the next general election to keep the seat, and thereafter face retention elections. They are state judicial officers, not county officials. Chaves County sits in the Fifth Judicial District with Eddy and Lea counties. The Roswell Magistrate Court judges are usually the bench setting conditions of release at first appearance; the Chaves County District Court hears felony matters. The Fifth Judicial District also runs an Adult Drug Court in Chaves County.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-24

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
• The boardBoard of County Commissioners →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →