New Mexico Women's 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 | Corrections Corporation of America |
The New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility [1] (in August 2016 renamed as Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center[2]) is a privately owned prison for women, located in Grants, Cibola County, New Mexico.
The prison is owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America, under contract with the New Mexico Corrections Department. 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]
References
- ↑ "New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility". New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center (Formerly New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility)". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ Horwath, Justin (17 November 2015). "State to reshuffle prisoners, consolidate sex offenders". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
Coordinates: 35°08′26″N 107°49′02″W / 35.140484°N 107.817223°W
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