Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Luna County, New Mexico, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Luna County is held at the county jail, run by the Luna County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Luna County public records, Luna County arrest records, Luna County warrants, Luna County police reports, Luna County property records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Luna County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Luna County is held at the county jail, run by the Luna County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Luna County Sheriff's Office at lunacounty.gov/departments/sheriff_s_department/index.php (page title: Luna County, NM), phone 575-546-2655, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 575-546-2655.
The Luna County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 380 people, up from about 320 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 610 beds, and it ran at 62 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Luna County has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 147 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Luna County Jail
The Luna County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Deming make the arrests that end in a booking in Luna County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Deming's 1,500 for 2019 and the Luna County Sheriff's Office's 16 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies in Luna County with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 1,516 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Luna County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Luna County serves the sentence in a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department, whose inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Luna County?
Ask the Luna County Sheriff's Office at 575-546-2655; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lunacounty.gov.
How many people are in the Luna County jail?
About 380 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 610 beds.
What is the phone number for the Luna County jail?
575-546-2655, the number on the page of the Luna County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Luna County go?
To a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department; its inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
Is this the official Luna County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.