NM DOC - Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM)

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NM DOC – Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 505-827-8205

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Penitentiary of New Mexico located at 4331 State Hwy 14 in Santa Fe, NM are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

The Penitentiary of New Mexico is a maximum-security state prison incarcerating about 800 adult male inmates located in Santa Fe NM, which also contains a Level VI Supermax unit is the current location of the State's Death Row and offenders who have committed the most heinous of crimes which has seen some of the most violent prison riots in correctional history. One sensational event occurred during the 1980s which lasted two days and resulted in the deaths of 33 inmates.

The PNM Complex is comprised of three facilities: Level-II a minimum-restrict unit, Level-IV/V and Level-VI housing the highest security classification of offenders. PNM maintains its national accredited status by the American Correctional Association and continues to intensify its efforts to achieve the mission of the Corrections Department by providing a balanced system approach to corrections from incarceration to community-based supervision with training, education, programs and services that provide opportunities for offenders to transition to communities.

The "level system" within the New Mexico Corrections Department requires that an inmate or inmates who cannot be managed in general population, and/or cannot function in general population due to criteria established policy will be separated from the general population. Management of such inmates will be based upon behaviorally-based step programs, in which increased privileges are granted for inmates who demonstrate appropriate behavior for a specified period of time.

NM DOC – Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) – Offender Family Guidebook

visitation Info

NM DOC – Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) – Visitation

Level II
Saturday & Sunday
8:30am – 3:30pm

Level IV – V – By Appointment Only
Wednesday – Sunday
8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm

Level VI – By Appointment Only
Wednesday – Sunday
8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm

Hospitality Center: Thursday- Sunday during visiting hours.505.471.2585 or 505.827.8570