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The Central New Mexico Correctional Facility (CNMCF) is in Los Lunas, and it was built in 1980. CNMCF has an inmate capacity of more than 400, and it is a level 2 facility. CNMCF has an inmate capacity of more than 400, and it is a level 2 facility.
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 ...
Apr. 6—A nonprofit pushing for better treatment of state prisoners and a noted civil rights attorney have filed a federal lawsuit accusing nearly a dozen Corrections Department employees of ...
The Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) is a men's maximum-security prison located in unincorporated Santa Fe County, [1] 15 miles (24 km) south of central Santa Fe, on New Mexico State Road 14. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department .
Three inmates have been mistakenly released from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the month of July, according to Bernalillo County officials.
Jul. 12—SANTA FE — Arguing before the state Supreme Court, attorneys clashed Monday over whether New Mexico's prison system offers a meaningful appeals process for inmates who allege the state ...
The facility can house 1200 state inmates of the New Mexico Corrections Department, and is operated by the private GEO Group under a contract administered through the county. [ 2 ] 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 ...
Eight inmates have been transferred to another jail after attempting to incite a riot in the maximum-security unit of the Otero County Detention Center in southern New Mexico, authorities said.