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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).
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Apr. 6—A nonprofit pushing for better treatment of state prisoners and a noted civil rights attorney have filed a federal lawsuit accusing nearly a dozen Corrections Department employees of ...
Before the facility was closed in 2016, it had been a "standout example of the problems at the BOP's private prisons". [4] Almost 700 Cibola County inmates staged a non-violent protest of prison conditions on April 23, 2001 and were tear-gassed. [5] In March 2013 about 250 inmates staged another non-violent protest, which was resolved peacefully.
Oct. 1—State officials paid $100,000 recently to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who said a guard at the Springer Correctional Center repeatedly raped her while she was an inmate at the ...
The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage.