New Mexico Corrections Department

The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD; ) is a state agency of New Mexico, headquartered in unincorporated Santa Fe County, near Santa Fe."Directory ." New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved on December 7, 2009. "Physical Address: 4337 NM 14, Santa Fe NM 87508" - Compare address to: It the department operates corrections facilities, probation and parole programs, a prisoner reentry services, and an offender database.

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 capacity Level I Level II Level III Level IV Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility Union CountyClayton No No Yes No Central New Mexico Correctional FacilityValencia CountyLos Lunas1,110 Yes Yes Yes Yes Guadalupe County Correctional FacilityGuadalupe CountySanta Rosa600 No No Yes NoOtero County Prison FacilityOtero County Chaparral1,420NoNoNoYes Penitentiary of New Mexico Santa Fé CountySanta Fe790 No Yes No Yes Roswell Correctional Center Chaves CountyRoswell 340 No Yes No No Southern New Mexico Correctional FacilityDoña Ana CountyLas Cruces 764 No Yes Yes No Springer Correctional CenterColfax CountySpringer 296 No Yes No NoNorthwest New Mexico Correctional FacilityCibola CountyGrants611YesYesYesYes Western New Mexico Correctional Facility440 No 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.

See also List of law enforcement agencies in New Mexico List of United States state correction agencies List of U.S. state prisons Prison New Mexico State Penitentiary riot

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External links New Mexico Corrections Department