The Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility (NNMCF), formerly the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility (NMWCF),[1] is a privately owned prison for men, located in Grants, Cibola County, New Mexico.

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Northwest New Mexico Correctional Facility
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Location1700 E Old Highway 66
Grants, New Mexico
Statusopen
Security classmixed
Capacity611
Opened1989
Managed byCoreCivic
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The prison is owned by CoreCivic and operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department.[2] 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.[3] In August 2016 it was renamed as Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center.[4]

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