Status open Phone +1 505-287-2941 Opened 1989 | Security class mixed Capacity 611 | |
Location 1700 E Old Highway 66
Grants, New Mexico Managed by Corrections Corporation of America Address 1700 E Old Highway 66, Grants, NM 87020, USA | ||
The New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility (in August 2016 renamed as Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center) 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.
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New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA