United States · New Mexico · Chaparral
Otero County Prison Facility
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Otero County Prison Facility is a multi-jurisdictional facility located in Otero County, New Mexico. Rated capacity: 1,418. Reported population: 1,004. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
1,418
Current population
1,004
Occupancy
71%
Year opened
2008
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2008
Region
New Mexico
Security level
Maximum
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
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q26831363)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Otero County Prison Facility. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/otero-county-prison-facility
"Otero County Prison Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/otero-county-prison-facility.
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