Lea County Correctional Facility
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.
George Stephenson
Warden
David Brown
Assistant Facility Administrator
David Martinez
Assistant Facility Administrator
Contact Us & Inmates
The GEO Group, Inc
6900 West Millen
Hobbs, New Mexico 88244
Please call (575) 392-4055 for specific details regarding visitation at Lea County Correctional Facility
Phone: (575) 392-4055
Fax: (575) 392-6488
Inmate Advocate
Moriama Valeriano
Phone: (575) 392-4055
Send all mail for inmates to their location address above. Please make sure and put to their attention and their NMCD#.
Inmates are not allowed to receive phone calls or any electronic correspondence.
FAQs
How to put money on an inmate account?
An approved visitor can send a money order with the inmates name and number to the facility.