The New Mexico Corrections Department runs the search for people in New Mexico state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- New Mexico Corrections Department
- Official search
- Offender Search
- ID number
- NMCD number
How to search the NMCD inmate list
The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) runs a public search called Offender Search. You can search by first and/or last name, or NMCD number.
- Prison information is updated nightly; probation and parole information in real time.
- NMCD does not run county or city detention centers, so jail inmates are not in it.
The number to write down is the NMCD number. You will need it to send money or mail, to set up calls and visits, and to find the same person again.
New Mexico state prisons we list
We do not copy the New Mexico prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our New Mexico directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Central Nm Correctional Facility / Main / Level II Unit State prison in Los Lunas
- Central Nm Correctional Facility, Level I Unit State prison in Los Lunas
- Guadalupe County Correctional Facility State prison in Santa Rosa
- John Paul Taylor Center State prison in Las Cruces
- New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute - Forensic Division State prison in Las Vegas
- Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center State prison in Grants
- Penitentiary of New Mexico, Level II Unit State prison in Santa Fe
- Penitentiary of New Mexico, Level V Unit State prison in Santa Fe
- Penitentiary of New Mexico, Level Vi Unit State prison in Santa Fe
- Roswell Correctional Center State prison in Hagerman
- Southern Nm Correctional Facility, Level II Unit State prison in Las Cruces
- Southern Nm Correctional Facility, Level III Unit State prison in Las Cruces
- Springer Correctional Center State prison in Springer
- Western Nm Correctional Facility State prison in Grants
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The New Mexico Corrections Department holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our New Mexico page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
What do I need to search the NMCD inmate list?
The Offender Search lets you search by first and/or last name, or NMCD number. A full legal name or the ID number works best.
Someone was just arrested in New Mexico. Will they be in the NMCD search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the New Mexico Corrections Department?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the New Mexico Corrections Department or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- Offender Search, New Mexico Corrections Department. How the search works and what it covers.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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