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| Location | Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°33′43″N 106°03′37″W / 35.56194°N 106.06028°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum Security |
| Population | 790 |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Managed by | New Mexico Corrections Department |
| Warden | David S. Fajardo |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Terry D. Clark | |
The Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) is a men's maximum-security prison located in unincorporated Santa Fe County,[1] 15 miles (24 km) south of central Santa Fe, on New Mexico State Road 14.[2][3] It is operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department.
The complex consists of three separate facilities: Level V (opened in 1985), Level VI (opened in 1985) and Level II (opened in 1990) for the minimum restrict facility, based on New Mexico adoption of the Federal Bureau of Prisons system for inmate classification and restriction.[4] The regular daily population is about 790 inmates, whose average age is 32.
The Level VI Supermax site contained New Mexico's death row; convicted murderer Terry Clark was executed in 2001, becoming the only execution in the state between the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 and its repeal in 2009.[5]
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Santa Fe County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 18 (PDF p. 19/46). Retrieved 2022-08-14.
Penitentiary of New Mexico
- ^ "Directory." New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Penitentiary of New Mexico, Santa Fe." New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Adult Prisons Division - Penitentiary of New Mexico, Santa Fe". New Mexico Corrections Department. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009.
- ^ "Terry Douglas Clark #741". Retrieved 2 November 2013.