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The Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility (NNMCF), formerly the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility (NMWCF), is a privately owned prison for men, located in Grants, Cibola County, New Mexico. The prison is owned by CoreCivic and operated by 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. In August 2016 it was renamed as Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1989
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Operator
CoreCivicPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1989
Region
NM
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
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U.S. Department of Justice CRIPA investigations into California Women's Prisons and the placement of men in California Women's Prisons are currently under active investigation; findings documents are available via the DOJ Civil Rights Division. These cases were associated with this facility in the source data.
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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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World Prisons. (2026). New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/new-mexico-women-s-correctional-facility
"New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/new-mexico-women-s-correctional-facility.
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