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New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility

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Background

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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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1989

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

CoreCivic

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1989

Region

NM

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

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.

Documented human-rights cases

Contact & address

1700 Historic Highway 66, Grants 87020

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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BibTeX
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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/new-mexico-women-s-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-24}
}