Lea County Correctional Center
Location6900 West Millen Drive, Hobbs, New Mexico
Security classmedium security
Capacity1200
Opened1998
Managed byGEO Group
DirectorDwayne Santistevan

The Lea County Correctional Facility (LCCF) is a medium-security prison for men located four miles north-west of Hobbs, New Mexico, opened in 1998 on 60 acres of the former Hobbs Army Airfield, now adjacent to the Lea County Regional Airport.[1] The facility can house 1200 state inmates of the New Mexico Corrections Department, and is operated by the private GEO Group under a contract administered through the county.[2]

In its first year, LCCF was "the site of three fatal inmate stabbings, six nonfatal stabbings, a 'near-riot' and allegations of guards using excessive force, according to reports in both the Albuquerque Journal and Albuquerque Tribune."[3]

In April 2002 the U.S. Department of Justice found three LCCF guards guilty of civil rights conspiracy and obstruction charges after assaulting a prisoner, then falsifying reports and lying to investigators.[4]

In November 2011 the state of New Mexico imposed fines of $1.1 million against GEO Group for failing to maintain adequate staffing levels at LCCF. In March 2012 the state imposed another fine of nearly $300,000 for the company's failure to properly staff guards and health care workers; some positions had remained vacant for two months or longer.

Notable inmates

References

  1. ↑ "LCCF". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Lea County Correctional Facility - the GEO Group Inc". Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  3. ↑ Smith, Jordan (July 5, 2002). ""A Record of Dishonesty"". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  4. ↑ "THREE FORMER WACKENHUT EMPLOYEES CONVICTED OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS" (PDF). WWW.USDOJ.GOV. April 12, 2002.
  5. ↑ "Offender Search | NM Corrections Department". Archived from the original on 10 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "NMCD Offender Search".
  7. ↑ Glatt, John (2002). Cries in the Desert. Macmillan. p. 276. ISBN 9780312977566. OCLC 49937160.
  8. ↑ Fielder, Jim (2003). Slow Death. Kensington Pub. p. 315. ISBN 9780786011995. OCLC 51455524.

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