Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility

Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility is a privately-owned prison for men that is located just outside of Grants, New Mexico. This facility is managed by CoreCivic under contract with the New Mexico Department of Corrections.

This prison was originally the first private prison for women in the United States. However, in 2015, the female inmates were transferred out of the facility and all of the state’s 1,200 male sex offenders were consolidated here.

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Visiting Hours and Rules

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

Physical Address

Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility
1700 East OldHighway 66
Grants, NM 87020

Driving Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/VcippJpZHfSDf9xn9

General Phone Number

​​(505) 287-2941

Inmate Mailing Address(es)

Inmate Name, DOC Number
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility
PO Box 800
Grants, NM 87020

How to Call an Inmate

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.

How to Send Money

You must be on the inmate’s visiting list to send a money order. The money order must be signed by the sender and must be legible. The following information is needed to process the money order:

The inmate’s first and last name
The inmate’s DOC/Commissary Number
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility
PO Box 933488
Atlanta, GA 31193-3488

To send money via Western Union you will need:

The inmate’s first and last name
The inmate’s DOC/Commissary Number
Code City: TrustCCA
State: TN

Be sure to select Corrections Corporation of America on the Western Union Website, not the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility.

Programs For Inmates

CoreCivic does not publish their list of inmate programs online, but we do know that they offer:

Adult Basic Education/General Education Diploma

Basic academic skills instruction and preparation for GED testing including career/technical, college readiness, Special Education, and adult literacy.

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Careers at Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility

If you are interested in a career with CoreCivic and would like to work at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility, you can find out more information by clicking here.

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