Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility
Location | 1700 E Old Highway 66 Grants, New Mexico |
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Status | open |
Security class | mixed |
Capacity | 611 |
Opened | 1989 |
Managed by | CoreCivic |
The Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility (NNMCF), formerly the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility (NMWCF),[1] is a privately owned prison for men, located in Grants, Cibola County, New Mexico.
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 August 2016 it was renamed as Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center.[4]
References
- ^ "New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility". New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "CoreCivic Enters Into New Lease Agreement with the State of New Mexico at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center".
- ^ Horwath, Justin (17 November 2015). "State to reshuffle prisoners, consolidate sex offenders". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center (Formerly New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility)". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
External links
- Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility
- New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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