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Detention Center

County/Local Jail (USMS IGA contract)mixedUnder capacity (1%)LowLow
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Chavez Detention Center is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Roswell, New Mexico as a county/local jail. It has an average daily population of about 2 (FY2026 ICE data).

Capacity

300

Current population

2

Occupancy

1%

Year opened

1911

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

mixed

Opened

1911

Region

New Mexico

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

exist in the Jail, including the legal framework applied, the unacceptable conditions Description of the Facility incarceration facility for sentenced individuals. Columbia is the state capital and county seat of Richland County, a county with a population of more than 400,000 that includes The current facility was constructed in five phases between 1994 and 2005. As of December 2024, the total rated capacity of the facility was 1,120 people. When DOJ visited the Jail in December 2024, the total population in custody was 965.

Visiting

visited the Jail in December 2024, the total population in custody was 965. Adults are

Mailing

this model, security personnel should be posted inside the unit and not separated from letter, and look forward to working cooperatively with RCDP as it does so.

Practical info

exist in the Jail, including the legal framework applied, the unacceptable conditions is also a mental health unit and a medical unit. On December 8, 2023, ASGDC conditions of confinement, including adequate medical and mental health care, food, clothing, environmental health and safety adequate or minimally adequate to comply with the mental health care. Specifically, RCDF's mental health practices place prisoners at a substantial letter, and look forward to working cooperatively with RCDP as it does so. We have concluded that Robertson County ("the County") fails to provide mental health Nurses ("LPNs") - individuals with little or no mental health training - to provide prisoners with mental health needs with access to medical personnel who competent mental health care.

Known issues

[doj-cripa 2025-01-01 — Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center (South Carolina)] constitutional violations that we found to changes that ASGDC needs to implement to fix the violations. capacity of 56. Two units are high custody restrictive housing units (a third is currently is also a mental health unit and a medical unit.

Documented human-rights cases

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 1% · peers avg: 93% (99%)
Capacity (beds)this: 300 · peers avg: 547 (45%)

Data completeness

78%

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World Prisons. (2026). Detention Center. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/detention-center
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@misc{worldprisons-detention-center,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Detention Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/detention-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}