New Mexico Corrections Department Explained

Jurisdiction:Government of New Mexico
Headquarters:Santa Fe County, New Mexico, U.S.
Chief1 Name:Alisha Tafoya Lucero
Chief1 Position:Secretary
Website:https://cd.nm.gov/

The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD; Spanish; Castilian: '''Departamento de Correcciones de Nuevo México''') is a state agency of New Mexico, headquartered in unincorporated Santa Fe County, near Santa Fe.[1] It the department operates corrections facilities, probate and parole programs, a prisoner reentry services, and an offender database.[2]

Facilities and security levels

This list includes detention facilities in New Mexico which house state prisoners. There are no federal prisons in New Mexico and the list does not include county jails located in the state.

PrisonCountyLocalityInmate capacityLevel I Level II Level III Level IV
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility Union CountyClaytonNo No Yes No
Central New Mexico Correctional FacilityValencia CountyLos Lunas1,110 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Guadalupe County Correctional FacilityGuadalupe CountySanta Rosa600 No No Yes No
Lea County Correctional CenterLea CountyHobbs1,200 No No Yes No
Otero County Prison FacilityChaparral1,420NoNoNoYes
Santa Fé CountySanta Fe790 No Yes No Yes
Roswell Correctional Center Chaves CountyRoswell340No Yes No No
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility Doña Ana CountyLas Cruces764 No Yes Yes No
Springer Correctional CenterColfax CountySpringer296 No Yes No No
Northwest New Mexico Correctional FacilityCibola CountyGrants611YesYesYesYes
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility 440No No Yes Yes

1980 riot

See more: New Mexico State Penitentiary riot

The Penitentiary of New Mexico Prison Riot, which took place on the weekend of February 2 and 3, 1980, was the most violent prison riot to date in the history of the American prison system. During an inmate takeover lasting only 36 hours, 33 inmates were killed and 12 officers were held hostage by prisoners who had escaped from a dormitory in the main unit, the southern half of the prison. Inmates were brutally butchered, dismembered, burned alive with torches and hung up in the cell house for display. Although taking many years, this riot eventually led to several changes in New Mexico's prison system, including a modern inmate classification system modeled after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons, as well as the closing of the prison cellhouses and dormitories that were in use at the time of the riot.

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Notes and References

  1. "Directory ." New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved on December 7, 2009. "Physical Address: 4337 NM 14, Santa Fe NM 87508"
  2. Web site: NM Corrections Department . 2021-01-06. en-US.