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Otero County is the owner of the facility. Clients include the state, which began sending about 300 sex offenders to the institution beginning in early 2013. [ 2 ] Most of the facility is dedicated to housing federal prisoners of the United States Marshals Service , U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , and the Federal Bureau of Prisons .
The Penitentiary of New Mexico Prison Riot, which took place on the weekend of February 2 and 3, 1980, was the most violent prison riot to date in the history of the American prison system. During an inmate takeover lasting only 36 hours, 33 inmates were killed and 12 officers were held hostage by prisoners who had escaped from a dormitory in ...
Otero County (Spanish: Condado de Otero) is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,839. [1] Its county seat is Alamogordo. [2] Its southern boundary is the Texas state line. It is named for Miguel Antonio Otero, the territorial governor when the county was created. [3]
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The prison is owned by CoreCivic and operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department. [2] 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. [3]
Schools in Otero County, New Mexico (2 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Otero County, New Mexico" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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