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New Mexico Corrections Department

New Mexico Corrections Department

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The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD; Spanish: 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]

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Facilities and security levels

Penitentiary of New Mexico

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.

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1980 riot

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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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  1. Operated by the GEO Group
  2. Operated by the Management and Training Corporation
  3. The former New Mexico Boys School opened on October 1, 1909. The New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) closed it in 2005 and was transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department. It became the Springer Correctional Center.[3]
  4. Formerly New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility
  5. Operated by the Corrections Corporation of America

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  1. [1]
    "Directory Archived 2009-12-09 at the Wayback Machine." New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved on December 7, 2009. "Physical Address: 4337 NM 14, Santa Fe NM 87508"
  2. [2]
    "NM Corrections Department |". Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. [3]
    "Springer Correctional Facility." (Archive) New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved on December 6, 2013.
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