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Lea County Correctional Facility, Hobbs
The Lea County Correctional Facility is a 350,000 square-foot private prison located on 60 acres leased from Lea County yet annexed by the city of Hobbs, New Mexico. It is located four miles NW of Hobbs, NM off State Highway 18, two miles west of the Lea County Event Center on the grounds of a WWII airbase. This medium security facility contracted by Lea County to house NMCD male offenders, is owned by Correctional Properties Trust and operated by The GEO Group, Inc. The facility employs 312 staff and security personnel.

Construction of the facility began in November 1997. The facility received its first inmates in May 1998. The mission of the Lea County Correctional Facility is to confine offenders in a safe, humane, and secure environment; to provide positive self-improvement opportunities for staff and inmates; and, to establish and maintain a safe, supportive workplace for all employees.
James Janecka, Warden
James Janecka
Warden



Address

(The GEO Group, Inc.)
6900 West Millen
Hobbs, New Mexico 88244
(575) 392-4055
(575) 392 2237 Fax

General Information
Opened:
Capacity:
Level:
Avg. Daily Population:
Avg. Annual Cost Per Inmate:
May 1998
1264
III, Medium Security Males
1263
$18,889

Visiting Hours:
General Population Inmates
Housing Unit One (GP-1)
Segregation Inmates
Wed. - Sun. & Holidays
Mon. & Tue.
May have two visits per week for two hours each and of which only one may be on the weekend.
8:30am - 3:30pm
8:30am - 3:30pm
Vince Horton, Security Warden
Vince Horton
Security Warden

Stacy Beaird
Stacy Beaird
Assoc. Warden
Offender Services

John Beaird
Programs Warden

Alicia Nicholson
Alicia Nicholson
Support Services
Warden

 



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