Correctional facility is a term used by Process Servers in New Mexico that refers to a jail, prison, or other place of incarceration by government officials. They serve to confine and rehabilitate inmates in New Mexico as they do in all other states.
Do Listed Process Servers in this directory say there is a difference between a correctional facility and a prison in New Mexico?
Actually, in New Mexico, correctional facilities and prisons are basically the same. Correctional facilities usually include prisons and jails while prisons are considered a subpart of the correctional system. Whether an inmate is incarcerated in a New Mexico corrections institution or a prison, they are subject to service of process, continuing their involvement within the justice court system. It must be noted, Private Process Servers in New Mexico who are tasked to serve process upon an inmate are delivering legal documents concerning civil matters only.
Correctional Institutions and Prisons in New Mexico are similar to most facilities in all states throughout the United States. State Prisons and Facilities in New Mexico are part of a larger criminal justice system which includes police, prosecution and the courts.
Inmates / defendants / respondents / witnesses incarcerated in a New Mexico correctional facility are subject to the practices of the institution's rules and regulations. Process Servers who are tasked with the job of serving inmates in a New Mexico facility with service of process can only perform their duties and services with the guidance and approval of the facility managers and in many situations, the approval of the warden.
Estimates and data reveal that there are more than 1,700,000 inmates within the entire United States state prison system
State prisons in New Mexico are generally classified as minimum, medium and high security. There are approximately 1700 state prisons in the United States. Inmates in a corrections facility in New Mexico regardless of classification are subject to private Process Servers performing service of process and are no different than any other person incarcerated in New Mexico.
Federal correctional Institutions located in New Mexico are the homes for inmates who have been convicted of a wide range of charges. Estimates and records indicate all federal prisons house over 220,000 inmates.
Many people familiar with the federal corrections system in New Mexico refer to federal prisons as a penitentiary. Penitentiary is synonymous with prison and/or jail, these names actually mean the same. The number of sentenced inmates entering federal prisons facilities in New Mexico each day is far less than the number of people who are delivered to its jails.
Actually, federal prisons grant Process Servers access to inmates by appointment only and are easier to coordinate service of process services than New Mexico state run prisons.
Torrance County Detention Center
Address: P. O. Box 837
City: Estancia
County: Torrance
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 87016
NM Women’s Correctional Facility
Address: P.O. Box 800
City: Grants
County: Cibola
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 87020
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility
Address: P.O. Drawer 250
City: Grants
County: Cibola
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 87020
Roswell Correctional Center
Address: 578 W. Chickasaw Road
City: Hagerman
County: Chaves
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 88232
Lea County Correctional Center
Address: 6900 West Millen
City: Hobbs
County: Lea
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 88244
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility
Address: 983 Joe R. Silva Boulevard P.O. Box 6391
City: Las Cruces
County: Dona Ana
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 88004
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility (Minimum Unit)
Address: 3201 Highway 314 S.W.
City: Los Lunas
County: Valencia
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 87031
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility
Address: P.O. Drawer 1328
City: Los Lunas
County: Valencia
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 87031
Penitentiary of New Mexico
Address: P.O. Box 1059
City: Santa Fe
County: Santa Fe
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 87504
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
Address: P.O. Box 520 South Hwy. 54
City: Santa Rosa
County: Guadalupe
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 88435
CI Cibola County
Address: 2000 Cibola Loop
City: Milan
County: Cibola
State: New Mexico
Zip Code: 87021