DWI Treatment Release Path
The San Juan County DWI Detention/Treatment Facility is part of the Alternative Sentencing Division. The county describes it as a minimum-security, jail-based program with a residential treatment component. Leaving that component is a custodial transition. It does not necessarily mean that the court case closed, the sentence ended, or individualized aftercare stopped. The program record and the governing court docket answer those later questions.
A participant may move from the secure setting into the community with aftercare, another approved placement, or a different form of court compliance. The county inquiry can help establish whether a related Alternative Sentencing booking closed. If the public booking lacks a clear release reason, the agency record is needed. A blank housing field alone does not establish the destination.
Confirm DWI Custodial Exit
The official San Juan County Detainee Inquiry includes “San Juan County Alternative Sentencing Division” as a Housing Facility choice. It also searches current and past bookings. Because In Custody is checked at first, a completed placement can be hidden unless that box is cleared. The date filters apply to booking dates, not release dates.
- Search the participant by name, Subject Number, or Booking Number and clear the In Custody box.
- Choose the Alternative Sentencing housing filter when it helps narrow the result. Broaden the booking-date range if the placement began earlier.
- Match the correct person and booking with date of birth, booking number, and the available history.
- Open Booking History and look for the actual Release Date and time. Do not substitute a Scheduled Release Date.
- Ask Alternative Sentencing or the court whether aftercare, case management, or another condition continues.
The county detail does not supply a distinct public release-reason field. Bond, disposition, and sentence facts may appear near the booking, but they do not establish why the DWI placement ended. If a transfer or program change is possible, request the release or movement sheet. The complete county-wide sequence is also described in the San Juan County released-inmate lookup.
San Juan County does not publish a separate 24-hour or 72-hour release feed for this facility. The inquiry's Booking From and Booking To fields select bookings, not completed DWI releases. That makes the named-person method useful for one known participant but unsuitable for listing everyone whose residential phase ended in a given time span. A bounded IPRA request is the documented route when an exact release-time report is needed. State the precise Mountain Time start and end points and ask for actual release timestamps rather than scheduled dates.
DWI Facility Records Contact
Program staff are the best first contact for the placement and continuing program route. The general Alternative Sentencing line can route questions, while the DWI facility has its own published number. Staff may limit information based on privacy, court restrictions, treatment-record protections, and the caller's authority. A request for a public booking record is different from a request for protected treatment details.
1006 Municipal Drive
Farmington, NM
Facility: 505-325-1321
Alternative Sentencing: 505-325-1720
No public program hours are established in the research used for this page. Call before making an in-person visit. For a court condition, contact the court shown in the case rather than asking the facility to interpret a judge's order. For a county release sheet, use the county records process and identify this exact placement.
Note: Program operations and contact routing can change, so confirm the current channel with San Juan County before travel.
DWI Placement and Aftercare
The county describes a 28-day component, but that figure should not be treated as a guaranteed release date for any participant. Admission date, court authority, individual program decisions, another hold, and compliance requirements can affect the actual custodial exit. A stated program length describes the service model. Only a completed booking entry or agency record establishes what happened in one case.
Individualized aftercare is part of the local DWI structure. Aftercare means support and case planning that continue after residence, often while the participant is in the community. It is not custody merely because the same division coordinates it. At the same time, presence in the community does not mean a court has discharged the sentence. Read the court docket and program status as separate records.
- Residential component
- The custodial, live-in part of the treatment placement.
- Aftercare
- Services or case planning that may continue after the residential phase.
- Discharge
- A recorded end to a program, sentence, supervision term, or other defined status.
- Transfer
- A move to another facility or agency, not a community release.
These terms describe different events. A San Juan County DWI release search is most accurate when it identifies which event the source actually records. Avoid turning “no longer housed here” into “all requirements ended.”
DWI Release Court Record
The statewide New Mexico Courts Case Lookup may show docket events tied to a DWI sentence, release condition, or later compliance action. It is an index, not a copy of the signed order, and it does not certify the minute a person left the San Juan County DWI Detention/Treatment Facility. Match the court case with the docket number in the booking detail when available. Read the whole sequence because one order may be followed by another hold or amended condition.
A signed judgment or order supplies legal authority. The county release timestamp supplies the processed custodial exit. Program staff can address the aftercare path within the limits of what they may disclose. Those three sources answer related but distinct questions.
| Question | Best source |
|---|---|
| When did the residential booking close? | County Booking History or release sheet |
| Why was the change legally authorized? | Signed court order or judgment |
| Does aftercare continue? | Alternative Sentencing program record |
| Was another agency the destination? | Movement record and receiving agency |
A court dismissal in one matter also may not clear another case or hold. Likewise, a future or scheduled date does not prove a completed exit. Use actual records from the agencies that controlled each part of the transition.
Request DWI Release Records
When the public inquiry does not answer the release method, submit a narrow San Juan County IPRA request through the JustFOIA portal. Give the full name, date of birth if known, Subject or CHJ number, booking number, the DWI Detention/Treatment Facility name, and a bounded date interval. Ask for the releasable booking and release sheet, actual release date and time, recorded method, and receiving agency if transferred.
Do not request medical or treatment details merely to verify a custodial exit. Those records can carry special protections. Ask for segregable public portions if some fields are withheld. “Segregable” means nonexempt information that can be released after protected details are removed. The county custodian may also explain which office holds an existing record.
San Juan County lists its custodian at 100 South Oliver Drive in Aztec, with Legal Department phone 505-334-4301 and fax 505-334-3168. The ordinary IPRA process calls for inspection as soon as practicable and no later than 15 days. If production cannot occur within three business days, written notice should state when the record will be available or why it is denied. Fees vary by medium, so ask for electronic delivery and a cost estimate.
Note: IPRA provides access to existing public records; it does not require the county to create a new treatment analysis or summary.
DWI Release System Boundaries
The DWI Detention/Treatment Facility is a San Juan County custodial treatment placement. It is not an NMCD prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. NMCD's offender search does not replace the county inquiry for this placement. Use NMCD only if a documented transfer or separate state-corrections status makes that system relevant.
VINE may help with participating-agency custody events, but it is not a permanent release archive. A silent alert or missing match is not proof that the participant left. New Mexico Case Lookup can outlast a booking view, yet it records court events rather than the secure exit time. The best final check pairs the actual San Juan County release entry with the source that controls any next step.
Someone who finishes the residential phase may continue in individualized aftercare. Someone whose local booking closes through transfer remains in custody elsewhere. Someone released under court conditions may still owe appearances or program work. Using precise terms protects the accuracy of the record and reflects how the county built this placement.