The Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility is a privately operated medium-security state prison for men, located in
Clayton,
Union County, New Mexico
Union County ( es, Condado de la Unión, link=) is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,549, making it the fourth-least populous county in New Mexico. Its county seat is C ...
. The facility was financed and is owned by the Town of Clayton. Operator
GEO Group houses a maximum of 625 state inmates, under a contract with the
New Mexico Corrections Department.
It opened in August 2008.
References
{{State prisons in New Mexico
Prisons in New Mexico
Buildings and structures in Union County, New Mexico
GEO Group
2008 establishments in New Mexico