Quay County

The Detention Center

Quay County Detention Center

• Operated byQuay County
• Who runs itGeorgia Gallegos — Detention Center Administrator. Reports to: County Manager
• Detention office address223 West High Street, Tucumcari, NM 88401
• Mailing address for inmatesP.O. Box 1321, Tucumcari, NM 88401
• Phone(575) 461-4664
• Phone providerSecurus Technologies; NCIC prepaid calling; calls billed per minute with no connection fees, rate not published
• Commissary and visitationLobby kiosk or Inmate Canteen online
• BedsNot found
• What was triedhttps://www.quaycounty-nm.gov/department/detention/ ; https://www.quaycounty-nm.gov/department/administration/ ; https://www.quaycounty-nm.gov/county-plans/

Source: Quay County Detention · checked 2026-08-24

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗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 Quay 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 Dennis Garcia

• OfficeQuay County Sheriff; Larry Cooksey is Undersheriff
• How the office is filledElected countywide; listed under Elected Officials
• Sheriff's Office address300 S. Third Street, PO Box 943, Tucumcari, NM 88401
• Runs the jailNo. Detention is listed as a separate county department with its own administrator

Source: Quay County Sheriff · checked 2026-08-24

The Judges

New Mexico district and magistrate judges are initially appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy, then stand in a partisan election at the next general election, and thereafter face non-partisan retention elections. They are state judicial officers, not county officials. The Tenth Judicial District serves Quay, De Baca and Harding counties and publishes only one district judge, Chief Judge Timothy Rose. Magistrate judges usually set conditions of release at first appearance.

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 →