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New Mexico correctional populations of Census 2020 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
Acoma Tribal Police And Holding Facility 14 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Artesia City Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Catron Co. Det. Ctr. 5 Local 12/31/2013
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility 614 State 3201 Highway 314 S.W. Los Lunas 87031 Valencia 6/30/2012
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility Level I 249 State 3201 Highway 314 Sw Los Lunas 87031 Valencia 6/30/2012
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility Level Ii 280 State 1525 Morris Road Los Lunas 87031 Valencia 6/30/2012
Chaves Co. Det. Ctr. 277 Local 12/31/2013
CIbola County CI 1,171 Private 2000 Cibola Loop Milan 87021 Cibola 6/30/2012
Curry County Adult Detention Center 239 Local 12/31/2013
Dismas Charities, CSC - Albuquerque 106 Private 2331 Menaul Blvd, Ne Albuquerque 87107 Bernalillo 6/30/2012
Dismas Charities, CSC - Las Cruces 73 Private 1595 W Picacho Las Cruces 88005 Dona Ana 6/30/2012
Dona Ana Co. Det. Ctr. 666 Local 12/31/2013
Eddy Co. Det. Ctr. 260 Local 12/31/2013
Grant County Detention Center 73 Local 12/31/2013
Guadalupe Co. Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Guadalupe County Corr Facility-The Geo Group 583 Private South Hwy, 54, Exit 3B Santa Rosa 88435 Guadalupe 6/30/2012
Hobbs City Det. Ctr. 42 Local 12/31/2013
Jal City Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Jicarilla Department of Corrections-Adult And Juvenile 40 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Laguna Detention Facility 38 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Lea Co. Det. Ctr. 368 Local 12/31/2013
Lea County Correctional Fac-Wackenhut 1,171 Private 6900 W Millen Drive Hobbas 88244 Lea 6/30/2012
Lincoln County Detention Center 127 Local 12/31/2013
Los Alamos Co. Det. Ctr. 23 Local 12/31/2013
Luna Co. Det. Ctr. 335 Local 12/31/2013
Mckinley Co. Adult Det. Ctr. 325 Local 12/31/2013
Navajo Department of Corrections-Crownpoint 10 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Navajo Department of Corrections-Crownpoint Juvenile N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016
Navajo Department of Corrections-Shiprock Police Department And A 29 Indian Country 6/30/2016
New Mexico Women's Correctional Fac - CCA 596 Private 1700 E Old Hwy 66 Grants 87020 Cibola 6/30/2012
Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility 13 Local 12/31/2013
Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility 609 Private 185 Dr. Michael Jenkins Road Clayton 88415 Union 6/30/2012
Otero Co. Det. Ctr. 262 Local 12/31/2013
Penitentiary of New Mexico Level Ii 273 State P. O. Box 1059 Santa Fe 87504 Santa Fe 6/30/2012
Penitentiary of New Mexico Level Iv, V 279 State P. O. Box 1059 Santa Fe 87504 Santa Fe 6/30/2012
Penitentiary of New Mexico Level Vi 284 State P. O. Box 1059 Santa Fe 87504 Santa Fe 6/30/2012
Quay Co. Det. Ctr. 50 Local 12/31/2013
Ramah Navajo Police Department And Detention Center 1 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Rio Arriba Co. Det. Ctr. 146 Local 12/31/2013
Roosevelt Co. Det. Ctr. 96 Local 12/31/2013
Roswell Correctional Center 338 State 578 W Chickasaw Road Hagerman 88232 Chaves 6/30/2012
San Juan Co. Adult Det. Ctr. 607 Local 12/31/2013
San Juan Pueblo Police Department Holding Facility 3 Indian Country 6/30/2016
San Miguel Co. Det. Ctr. 115 Local 12/31/2013
Sandoval Co. Det. Ctr. 267 Local 12/31/2013
Santa Fe Co. Adult Corr. Fac. 539 Local 12/31/2013
Sierra Co. Det. Ctr. 53 Local 12/31/2013
Socorro Co. Det. Ctr. 48 Local 12/31/2013
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility 460 State 1983 Joe R. Silva Blvd Las Cruces 88004 Dona Ana 6/30/2012
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility Level Ii 281 State 1983 Joe R. Silva Boulevard Las Cruces 88004 Dona Ana 6/30/2012
Springer Correctional Center 244 State 201 Highway 468 Springer 87747 Colfax 6/30/2012
Taos County Adult Detention Center 81 Local 12/31/2013
Taos Tribal Police Department And Detention N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016
Torrance Co. Det. Fac. 897 Local 12/31/2013
Valencia County Adult Detention Ctr. 218 Local 12/31/2013
Vigil-Maldonado Detention Center 49 Local 12/31/2013
Western New Mexico Corrrections Facility 382 State P.O. Drawer 250 Grants 87020 Cibola 6/30/2012
Zuni Adult Detention Center 56 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Zuni Juvenile Detention Center N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

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 April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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