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Persons being held for trial at the Metropolitan Court, or convicted of misdemeanors and serving sentences under 12 months, are incarcerated in the county jail facility, the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), about 10 miles west of Albuquerque, on a rural mesa.
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 ...
Sep. 19—The Metropolitan Detention Center is the biggest county jail in the state of New Mexico, with an average population of 1,600 people incarcerated there daily. Here are four things to know ...
NMDPS was created by the enactment of the Department of Public Safety Act in 1986. The department brought together the formerly independent New Mexico State Police, the Governor's Organized Crime Commission, the Motor Transportation Division of the Taxation and Revenue Department, the enforcement division of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and the New Mexico law enforcement ...
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. 24—Editor's note: This story was first published by Searchlight New Mexico. The décor inside the Bernalillo County Youth Services Center is more in line with the children's wing of your ...
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 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 ...