1700 East Old Highway 66; Mailing: P.O. Box 800
Grants, NM 87020
505-287-2941
Fax: 505-285-6828

Facility Public Information Officer: Lisa Riley (505-287-2941, ext. 2205; Lisa.Riley@correctionscorp.com)

Facility Type: Female, Multi-Security, Owned since 1989

Warden: Arlene Hickson

Total beds: 596

Customer base: State of New Mexico

ACA Accreditation: Yes

With a population of approximately 10,000, Grants is located on historic Route 66, off of Interstate 40, approximately 72 miles west of Albuquerque. There are plenty of sights to see in the Grants area. Among those sights are Laguna Pueblo and Acomo Sky.

Community Relations: Ms. Helen Dayan, NM Dept. of Labor; Ms. Mary Jaramillo-Barrza - PPO Supervisor, Grants Probation, Parole; Mr. Donald Jaramillo - General Manager, Cibola County Beacon; Mr. Walt Wells - Warden, CCA Cibola County Correctional Center; Dr. Felicia Casados - CEO, NMSU Grants Branch; Mr. Johnny Valdez - Sheriff, Cibola County Sheriff's Office; Mr. Stan Clark, NMWCF; Mr. Joe Murietta - Mayor, City of Grants; Mr. Tim LeMaster - Director, NMCD Adult Prisons Division; Mr. Joe Williams - Cabinet Secretary, NMCD; Ms. Debra Mobley-Sadler - Program Director, NM Women's Recovery Academy; Mr. Marty Vigil - Chief of Police, Grants Police Dept.; Mr. Charlie Wicklund, Forestry Division; Mr. Tom Ortega - Mayor, Village of Milan; Mr. Matthew Carpenter - Executive Assistant, CCA Cibola County Correctional Center; Ms. Louise Sanchez - Contract Monitor, NMCD; Mr. Derek Underhill, KD Radio; Ms. Melissa Ortiz, NMCD; Mr. Steve Bell - COTA Director, NMSU Grants Campus; Mr. Elliott Knighton - Fire Chief, Grants Fire Dept.; Mr. Dennis Porter, Project Power; Ms. Kathy Elkins - Instructor, Western NM Correctional Facility; Mr. Don Dorsey, Mr. Tim LeMaster, Ms. Helen Carr, Ms. Erma Sedillo - Deputy Directors, NMCD; Lt. Darren Soland, NM State Police; Mr. Lester Brasher - Programs Director, La Buena Vista, Inc.; Ms. Jamie Holton, Grants State Bank; Mr. Vince Ashley - Hospital Administrator, Cibola General Hospital; Ms. Kristina Faught-Hollar - Asst. DA, District Attorney's Office; Mr. Rick Lucero - Administrator, CCA Cibola County Correctional Center; Ms. Mary Jo Vandiver, Juvenile Probation & Parole; Mr. Jerry Stephens - Chief of Police, Milan Police Dept.; Harry Sheski, Cheif Academic Officer, New Mexico State University; George Tapia, Warden, Western New Mexico Correctional Facility

Community Activities: NMWCF supports several local organizations: City of Grants; Future Foundations Family Center; Grants/Cibola County Chamber of Commerce; Greater Grants Industrial Development Board; Grants VFW; Los Alamitos Middle School; Grants Quadrathlon; Cibola County Schools; New Mexico Junior Golf Committee; Character Counts; American Cancer Society; New Life for Girls (transitional living home); Edquina (aftercare resources); New Life Baptist Church; Volunteer Fire Department; VFW Auxiliary; American Legion Auxiliary; Disabled Veterans; KAIROS; Community Hospital Ethics Committee; Grants Main Street; Future Family Center, Juvenile Service Committee

Programs Offered: EDUCATIONAL: General Education Development (GED) testing, Adult Basic Education (ABE) I, II and III, various College Courses for Associate of Arts and other degrees (provided by NM State University, Grants Campus); Art History and Art Stduio Courses VOCATIONAL: Carpentry Training Course (accreditted by National Center for Construction Education and Research), Custodial Maintenance Training Course (Custodial Maintenance Institute), Creative Arts including cake decoration and nutrition and needlework LIFE SKILLS: Project POWER (3-year development program providing extensive educational opportunities, vocational training, parenting classes, behavioral courses, etc?), Corrective Thinking FAITH-BASED PROGRAMS are non-denominational efforts for inmates to enhance their personal sense of spirituality and to promote positive growth for productive lifestyles: Life Principles Community Program, Crossings, Institute of Basic Life Principles, Celebrate Recovery (Addictions Recovery Program) Therapeutic Community Program (live-in Addictions Recovery Program) Project SOAR (Successful Offenders After Release)

Visitation Schedule: Visitation is available for all inmates Wednesday through Sunday and on all major holidays from 8:30a.m. to 3:30p.m. for General Population Inmates. Anyone who is on the inmate?s approved visiting list may visit during the scheduled time. Visiting is especially important to continue strong family relations. Visiting is set aside for Reception and Diagnostic (RDC) inmates and 60-Day Diagnostic Evaluation (D&E) inmates on Monday and Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., for immediate family members only. Once a visitor leaves the Visiting Room, the visit is terminated and the visitor will not be allowed back in to visit the same day. Visitors will not be permitted entrance into New Mexico Women?s Correctional Facility to visit when there is less than 30 minutes remaining in the designated visiting hours (after 3:00 p.m.)

Awards: National Center for Construction Education and Research ? Certificate of Accreditation Education Computer Program (Pilot Project) Education/Staff Learning Center

Tour Contact: Robert Ulibarri, Chief of Security [505-287-2941, ext. 2247]