Camino Nuevo Correctional Center Explained

Camino Nuevo Correctional Center
Managed By:	Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
State:	New Mexico
Country:	United States

The Camino Nuevo Correctional Center was a women's low-security pre-release prison for incarcerated New Mexico female felons. It was located on the grounds of the New Mexico Youth Diagnostic and Development Center, which houses the most violent youth incarcerated in the New Mexico Corrections Department, which is administered by the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD).

Camino Nuevo was administered by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for the New Mexico Corrections Department. It opened in, and closed at the end of because of dwindling inmate populations.^[1]

In February 2012 three former inmates of Camino Nuevo were awarded more than $3 million in damages by a federal jury, related to accusations of rape and negligent supervision on the part of CCA.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

External links

• Closure of Camino Youth Facility, May 26, 2004 Albuquerque Journal

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Albuquerque Journal . www.abqjournal.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081015215714/http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/300861nm04-16-08.htm . 2008-10-15.
2. Web site: N.M. Ex-inmates awarded more than $3M in rape case - Alamogordo Daily News . January 30, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203073557/http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_19988323 . February 3, 2014 .
3. Web site: Lee. Morgan. New Mexico court says prison company can be liable for rapes. washingtontimes.com. The Washington Times. 29 June 2016. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 14 March 2016. Associated Press.
4. Web site: Sandlin. Scott. Former Inmates Awarded Over $3M. abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. 29 June 2016. English. 16 February 2012.
5. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/77th2013/ExhibitDocument/OpenExhibitDocument?exhibitId=2771&fileDownloadName=ho0315_urike_b.pdf