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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
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Operator
GEO GroupPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1998
Region
NM
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). Lea County Correctional Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lea-county-correctional-center
"Lea County Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lea-county-correctional-center.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Lea County Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lea-county-correctional-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}