New Mexico Corrections Department

The New Mexico Corrections Department (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 operates prisons in the state.

Gregg Marcantel Cabinet Secretary of Corrections

Joe Booker Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Operations

Mark Meyers Acting Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Administration

Facilities

Penitentiary of New Mexico

This list includes detention facilities in New Mexico which house prisoners of the state.

Security Levels

Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V Level VI
NENMDF No No Yes No No No
CNMCF Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
GCCF No No Yes No No No
LCCC No No Yes No No No
NMWCF Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PNM No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
RCC No Yes No No No No
SNMCF No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
SCC No Yes No No No No
WNMCF No Yes Yes Yes No No

1980 Riot

See more: New Mexico State Penitentiary riot

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 cell blocks in the main unit. Inmates were brutally butchered, dismembered, decaptitated, 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 cell blocks and dormitories that were in use at the time of the riot.

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the New Mexico Department of Corrections, 5 officers have died in the line of duty.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Directory." New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved on December 7, 2009. "Physical Address: 4337 NM 14, Santa Fe NM 87508"
  2. ↑ "Springer Correctional Facility." (Archive) New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved on December 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ The Officer Down Memorial Page

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