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New Mexico correctional populations of Census 2010 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Artesia City Jail 4 Local 702 Chisum Artesia 88211 3/31/2006
Bernalillo Co/City Detention Center 2,182 Local 100 John Dantis Dr SW Albuquerque 87151 3/31/2006
Catron County Jail 3 Local Box 467 Reserve 87830 3/31/2006
Central Nm Corr Main/Min Unit/Min Restrict 1,110 State 1325 Morris Road Los Lunas 87031 Valencia County 12/30/2005
Chaves County Detention Center 216 Local 3701 South Atkinson Roswell 88202 3/31/2006
Cibola County CI 1,146 Federal 4/1/2010
Cibola County Corr Ctr 1,042 Private P.O. Box 3540 Milan 87021 Santa Fe County 12/30/2005
Clayton City/Union County Jail 8 Local 112 North Front Street Clayton 88415 3/31/2006
Colfax County Jail 40 Local 444 E. Hereford Raton 87740 3/31/2006
Curry County Jail 283 Local 801 Mitchell Clovis 88101 3/31/2006
De Baca County Jail 14 Local P.O. Box 240 Fort Sumner 88119 3/31/2006
Dismas Charities, CSC 66 Private 2331 Menaul Blvd, Ne Albuquerque 88025 Bernalillo County 12/30/2005
Dismas Charities, CSC 53 Private 1595 W Picacho Las Cruces 88005 Dona Ana County 12/30/2005
Dona Ana County Detention Center 847 Local 1850 Copper Loop Las Cruces 88004 3/31/2006
Eddy County Jail 235 Local Carlsbad 88220 3/31/2006
Gallup-Mckinley Adult Detention Center 319 Local 255 Boardman Drive Gallup 87301 3/31/2006
Grant County Detention Center 82 Local 201 North Cooper Silver City 88061 3/31/2006
Guadalupe County Corr Facility - Geo Group 602 Private P.O. Box 520 Santa Rosa 88435 Guadalope County 12/30/2005
Guadalupe County Jail 603 Local 117 S. 5th Street Santa Rosa 88435 3/31/2006
Hidalgo County Jail 32 Local 305 South Pyramid Street Lordsburg 88045 3/31/2006
Hobbs City Jail 32 Local 300 North Turner Hobbs 88240-8302 3/31/2006
Jal City Jail N/A Local 523 Main St. Jal 88252 3/31/2006
Lea County Correctional Facility 1,200 Private 6900 W Millen Drive Hobbs 88244 Lea County 12/30/2005
Lea County Jail 292 Local 215 E. Central Lovington 88260 3/31/2006
Lincoln County Detention Center-Corrs Systems 107 Local P.O. Drawer 339 Carrizozo 88301 3/31/2006
Los Alamos County Jail 11 Local 2300 Trinity Drive Los Alamos 87544 3/31/2006
Luna County Jail 426 Local 1700 4th St., NE Deming 88030 3/31/2006
New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility CCA 661 Private P.O. Box 800 Grants 87020 Cibola County 12/30/2005
Otero County Jail 242 Local 1958 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive Alamogordo 88310 3/31/2006
Penitentiary Of New Mexico 906 State P.O. Box 1059 Santa Fe 87502-1059 Santa Fe County 12/30/2005
Quay County Detention Center 57 Local P.O. Box 1321 Tucumcari 88401-1321 3/31/2006
Rio Arriba County Detention Center 120 Local P.O. Box 336 Tierra Amarilla 87575 3/31/2006
Roosevelt County Jail 75 Local 1700 Boston Portales 88130 3/31/2006
Roswell Correctional Center 331 State 578 W Chickasaw Road Hagerman 88232 Chaves County 12/30/2005
San Juan County Detention Center 601 Local 105 South Oliver Avenue Aztec 87410-2445 3/31/2006
San Miguel Detention Center 99 Local Rt 20 Mineral Hill Las Vegas 87701 3/31/2006
Sandoval County Jail 373 Local 100 Montoya Road Bernalillo 87004 3/31/2006
Santa Fe Co Detention Center - Cornell 515 Local 4312 Highway 14 Santa Fe 87505 3/31/2006
Sierra County Jail 60 Local 311 Date Street Truth Or Consequences 87901 3/31/2006
Socorro County Jail 53 Local 200 Court Street Socorro 87801 3/31/2006
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility 803 State P.O. Box 639 Las Cruces 88004 Dona Ana County 12/30/2005
Torrance County Detention Facility 780 Local P.O. Box 837 Estancia 87016 3/31/2006
Valencia County Adult Det Center -Cornell Cor 166 Local 436 Courthouse Road Los Lunas 87031 3/31/2006
Western New Mexico Corrections Facility 409 State N Lobo Canyon Road Grants 87020 Cibola County 12/30/2005

This table draws data from three sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 1, 2010: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date on April 4, 2010.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on December 30, 2005 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR24642-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-10-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24642
  • Local jails on March 31, 2006 was extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-01-26. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of March 2010.

For state, federal and local prisons built or expanded in the latter half of the decade, you may find this list of New and Expanded Prisons Since 2000 helpful as well.

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