Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility (SNMCF) is located near Las Cruces, a community of approximately 80,000 in South-Central New Mexico. The facility was built on the West Mesa overlooking the Mesilla Valley and Organ Mountains as a medium-security facility. In 1996, a minimum-restrict facility with a capacity of 330 opened, housing inmates now classified as Level II.
As part of a dynamic organization, Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility is dedicated to the highest attainable quality of excellence in corrections. It is their responsibility that every outcome produced contributes to the departmental mission of public safety. The employees of Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility are committed to serving the citizens of New Mexico with highest ethical standards.
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Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
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Visiting Hours and Rules
Effective immediately, all visitation is suspended at Southern 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 information regarding NMCD’s response to COVID-19, click here https://cd.nm.gov/covid-19-updates.
Visitation Hours after April 30, 2020:
Monday
HU4A – 0800-1100 hours – Contact Visit
HU4B – 1200-1500 hours – Contact Visit
Tuesday
HU4A – 0800-1500 hours – Contact Visit
Wednesday
HU 1-A 0800-1500 – Contact Visit
Thursday
HU1-A 0800-1500 – Contact Visit
Friday
General Population 0800-1500 – Contact Visit
Saturday
General Population 0800-1500 – Contact Visit
Level IV + Restrictive Housing – Non Contact Visit
Sunday
General Population 0800-1500 – Contact Visit
Level IV + Restrictive Housing – Non Contact Visit
Inmates on Disciplinary status will not be allowed to visit
All Levels will be allowed to visit on ANY State recognized Holiday
Level II and III – Contact
Level IV and Restrictive Housing – NON Contact Visits Only
Hospitality Center is open
Wednesday – Sunday & Holidays 8:30am to 3:30pm
Saturday & Sunday 8:30am – 3:30pm for Level II
General Information
In order to visit an inmate, you must submit a visitor application and be on the approved visitation list.
Visitors are authorized to enter visiting areas with a combined total of $30.00 in loose change for use in vending machines. Visitors with infants will be permitted to enter with or have access to:
- two plastic bottles or a sip-cup
- three diapers
- a blanket
- baby wipes
- factory-sealed baby food
- one plastic baby spoon
- a pacifier
- baby carrier
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.
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 and those 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
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
1983 Joe R. Silva Boulevard
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004-0639
Driving Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/1AFQPqCHwpE2E9i5A
General Phone Number
(575) 523-3200
Inmate Mailing Address(es)
Inmate Name, DOC Number
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 639
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004-0639
How to Call an Inmate
Inmates at the Southern 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
An approved visitor can send a money order with the inmate’s name and number directly to the facility.
Programs For Inmates
There are various programming and treatment opportunities at RCC including, education programs, welding program (with certification), substance abuse community and a volunteer fire department. There is a large volunteer base with over 100 volunteers providing religious support and other services.
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.
Vocational
The Education Bureau offers a variety of programs designed to increase student’s ability upon release to find a viable career that offers a living wage.
Behavioral Health Services
Provides addictions programming that is designed to increase public and institutional safety, reduce recidivism, and increase the capacity of offenders to live responsible lives through aggressive treatment of substance addiction. Additionally Behavioral Health Services facilitates the provision of volunteers for parenting programs, faith-based mentoring programs, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) programs.
Reentry
The Making the Right Turn to Reentry, pre-release guide is provided to prepare inmates, who are within six months of release, with processes to assist their reintegration back to their communities.
Prisoners and Animals Working for Success P.A.W.S
Southern New Mexico P.A.W.S (Prisoners and Animals Working toward Success) provides education and life skills for both inmates and dogs, resulting in permanent, loving and caring homes for the dogs and teaching inmates to become productive citizens with patience, compassion, and understanding of others.
P.A.W.S is made possible through NMCD’s partnership with Action Programs for Animals (APA) a local non-profit rescue group. APA provides adoptable shelter dogs to the prison where they will live with inmates full-time. Dogs will be trained by inmates in basic obedience and manners for a period of approximately eight weeks. Upon successful completion of training, dogs will be adopted to families by an application process.
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Careers at Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
If you are interested in a career with the New Mexico Department of Corrections and would like to work at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility, you can find out more information by clicking here.
