Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility

Effective immediately, all visitation is suspended at Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility through the end of April 2020.

This includes the suspension of contact, non-contact, and attorney visits in all prison facilities.

For questions regarding NMCD’s response to COVID-19, please contact Public Information Officer Eric Harrison at 505-382-3541 or email [email protected].

For information regarding NMCD’s response to COVID-19, click here https://cd.nm.gov/covid-19-updates. 

Visitation Hours after April 30, 2020

Level III: Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursdays, Open Visits
8:30 AM – 7:00 PM

Level IV: Tuesday, Appointment Only, NON-CONTACT
8:30 AM – 7:00 PM

RDC: Wednesday and Thursdays, NON-CONTACT
8:30 AM – 7:00 PM

RHU/PBMP: Tues/Wed/Thurs, Appointment Only, NON CONTACT
8:30 AM – 7:00 PM

Visitors are allowed six hours per weekend with an offender, they may split the hours between both days. Visitors may spend the entire six hours with an offender on one day as space allows.

General Information

All visitors must submit a Visitor Application in advance, then they must be added to an inmate's visiting list before visitation is permitted. All approved visitors that are 16 years of age and older must surrender a valid picture ID upon entering the facility for visiting.

For a complete list of rules, click here.

Dress Code

All visitors must be appropriately attired in accordance with policy before entering any New Mexico Correctional Facility. Visitors are subject to denial of visiting privilege for that day if their attire is not in accordance with this policy.

Male Visitors: 

• Trousers and a shirt with sleeves must be worn at all times. Plain white undershirts or muscle, "A" shirts are not allowed when used as an outer garment
• Restricted clothing colors will depend on the facility inmate uniform code
• Shorts, beach-type shorts, or cut-offs will not be worn
• Tank-Tops are not allowed
• Undergarments shall be worn, but not visible through outer clothing
• Footwear must be worn at all times. Beach type thongs, flip-flops slippers, and steel-toed boots or shoes are not permitted. Open-toed shoes are allowed
• No hats, scarves, bandanas, or other types of headbands will be brought into the institution or worn in the Visiting Room
• Sweat clothes or athletic (warm-up) clothes may be worn, with the exception of shorts
• Skintight clothing or spandex is not permitted

Female Visitors:

• Dresses, skirts, or pants must be worn
• Skirts or dresses with a slit higher than mid-thigh are not acceptable
• Skirts or dresses that are more than three inches above the knee are not acceptable
• Shorts, cut-offs, and beach-type shorts are not acceptable
• Sweat clothes or athletic (warm-up) clothes may be worn, with the exception of shorts
• Skintight clothing or spandex is not permitted
• Undergarments must be worn, including brassieres, but must not be visible through outer clothing
• Tank top blouses, spaghetti straps, tube tops, halter-tops, or spandex or spandex-like pants are not acceptable, nor is any type of see-through clothing
• Clothing must not be see-through, expose cleavage, the midriff, shoulders or any part of the breast or upper thigh
• No hats, scarves, bandanas, or other types of headbands will be brought into the institution or permitted in the Visiting Room
• No bathing suits will be worn as an outer garment
• Footwear must be worn at all times. Beach type thongs, flip-flops, slippers, and steel-toed boots or shoes are not permitted. Open-toed shoes are allowed

Inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility can’t receive incoming calls, but they do have access to phones during daytime hours for outgoing calls. For complete details on how to call an inmate in New Mexico, please click here.