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The Western New Mexico Correctional Facility is a prison in Grants, New Mexico, United States. It is operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department and consists of two separate facilities, one each for male and female inmates. [1] [2]
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 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).
Apr. 9—A former nurse at a state prison near Las Cruces has filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Corrections Department and inmate medical care provider Wexford Health Sources, alleging she ...
Jun. 26—A guard at the Penitentiary of New Mexico outside Santa Fe was stabbed in the back of the head by an inmate earlier this month, according to criminal charges filed this week. Cain ...
Women's prisons in New Mexico (1 P) Pages in category "Prisons in New Mexico" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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The prison is owned by CoreCivic and operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department. [2] It opened in 1989 as the first privatized women's prison in the U.S. In late 2015 state officials announced a plan to transfer all female inmates out of the facility, and to consolidate New Mexico's estimated population of 1200 sex offenders here. [3] In ...