Penitentiary of New Mexico

The Penitentiary of New Mexico is a men's maximum-security prison located in unincorporated Santa Fe County, 15 miles south of central Santa Fe, on New Mexico State Road 14. It is operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department.

The complex consists of three separate facilities. The facilities are now referred to as Level V, Level VI and Level II for the minimum restrict facility, based upon the New Mexico adaptation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons system for inmate classification and restriction. The regular daily population is about 790 inmates, whose average age is 32.