country at a state prison, where correctional officers were taken hostage, and more than 30 inmates died. Directly afterwards, several state prisons were built, but in the 1990s and 2000s, the population outgrew state facilities, said Alex Sanchez, a spokesperson for the New Mexico Corrections Department.
a minimum number of inmates a facility had to hold. Alex Sanchez, the NMCD spokeswoman, said the current administration is trying to move away from those provisions, and regardless, whether you put a minimum in a contract or not, New Mexico does not have enough state beds to house the population.