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Lea County Correctional Center

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Background

The Lea County Correctional Facility (LCCF) was a medium-security prison for men located four miles north-west of Hobbs, New Mexico, opened in 1998 on 60 acres of the former Hobbs Army Airfield, now adjacent to the Lea County Regional Airport.The facility housed 1200 state inmates of the New Mexico Corrections Department, and was operated by the private GEO Group under a contract administered through the county. In its first year, LCCF was "the site of three fatal inmate stabbings, six nonfatal stabbings, a 'near-riot' and allegations of guards using excessive force, according to reports in both the Albuquerque Journal and Albuquerque Tribune." In April 2002 the U.S. Department of Justice found three LCCF guards guilty of civil rights conspiracy and obstruction charges after assaulting a prisoner, then falsifying reports and lying to investigators. In November 2011 the state of New Mexico imposed fines of $1.1 million against GEO Group for failing to maintain adequate staffing levels at LCCF. In March 2012 the state imposed another fine of nearly $300,000 for the company's failure to properly staff guards and health care workers; some positions had remained vacant for two months or longer.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1998

Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

GEO Group

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1998

Region

NM

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

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Known issues

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Contact & address

6900 West Millen Drive, Hobbs 88240

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@misc{worldprisons-lea-county-correctional-cen,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Lea County Correctional Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lea-county-correctional-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}