The Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility (NNMCF), formerly the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility (NMWCF), is a privately owned prison for men, located in

Grants Grant or Grants may refer to: People * Grant (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Grant (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters ** Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the 18th president of the U ...

Cibola County, New Mexico Cibola County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,172. Its county seat is Grants. It is New Mexico's youngest county, and the third youngest county in the United States, created on June ...

. The prison is owned by

CoreCivic CoreCivic, Inc. formerly the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded in 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas W. B ...

and operated by the

New Mexico Corrections Department The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD; ) is a state agency of New Mexico, headquartered in unincorporated area, unincorporated Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Santa Fe County, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe. It the department operates co ...

. It opened in 1989 as the first privatized women's prison in the U.S. In late 2015 state officials announced a plan to transfer all female inmates out of the facility, and to consolidate New Mexico's estimated population of 1200 sex offenders here. In August 2016 it was renamed as Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center.

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Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility
* {{State prisons in New Mexico Prisons in New Mexico Buildings and structures in Cibola County, New Mexico CoreCivic 1989 establishments in New Mexico