Otero County Prison Facility Overview
Otero County Prison Facility is an NMCD-listed prison facility at 10 McGregor Range Road in Chaparral, New Mexico. It is operated by Management & Training Corporation under New Mexico Corrections Department contract for state inmates. NMCD's facility page says the prison works with NMCD, dedicates the west wing to house and educate NMCD inmates, and provides the Sex Offender Treatment Program. The same page lists security levels as SOTP, Level 2, Level 3, and Restrictive Housing Unit.
This is not the Otero County Detention Center in Alamogordo. The Alamogordo detention center handles recent local arrests, pretrial detainees, local sentences, weekend commitments, work release, and community custody. Otero County Prison Facility is for sentenced NMCD custody and related state-prison operations. ICE detention is different again at Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral. The Chaparral prison name causes confusion because it includes the county name, but the lookup system is state DOC, not county jail.
The NMCD Otero County Prison Facility page is the matching source for the prison's leadership, address, security levels, and contact block.
Because the facility is part of the NMCD prison system, statewide offender search and prison mail procedures control over local county jail roster assumptions.
Otero County Prison Facility Capacity and Population
The sourced facility capacity located for Otero County Prison Facility comes from the NMCD 2021 Annual Report, which reports OCPF capacity as 1,421 inmates. The current NMCD facility page reviewed in the research lists the prison, leadership, security levels, and program information, but it does not restate a current rated capacity or current population count. Use the 1,421 figure as a sourced capacity from the annual report, not as a live count.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Otero County Prison Facility
Use NMCD Offender Search for a person sentenced to New Mexico Corrections Department custody. NMCD states that its search is for offenders incarcerated or on probation or parole supervision, and it also states that it has no jurisdiction over county or city detention facilities. That means NMCD search is correct for Otero County Prison Facility, but it is not the path for a person just arrested and booked into the Alamogordo county jail.
- Open NMCD Offender Search or the embedded search application at search.cd.nm.gov.
- Search by last name, first name, or NMCD offender number. The visible form also includes offender status, age range, and a reCAPTCHA requirement.
- Use active status first for a current prison-location question. Include inactive only when checking older custody history.
- Confirm the listed institution or legal status with the prison or relevant Probation and Parole office because NMCD warns that movement can change.
- If the person is a local pretrial detainee, call Otero County Detention Center at 575-437-6420 instead. If the person is in civil immigration detention, use ICE ODLS instead.
The NMCD embedded offender search form was also captured successfully in the manifest as a source image.
The fields shown there match the state-prison lookup workflow: name or offender number first, then status and age filters when needed.
Otero County Prison Facility Address and Contact
NMCD lists the prison in Chaparral with its own phone and fax numbers. The research also captured leadership from the NMCD facility page: Warden Hector Rios, Deputy Wardens Deloris Simmons and Daniel Garcia, and grievance officers Isela Quezada and Alyssa Rangel. For ordinary custody verification, mail, visiting, and approved-contact questions, use the prison and NMCD channels rather than the Otero County Detention Center in Alamogordo.
Otero County Prison Facility
10 McGregor Range Road
Chaparral, NM 88081
(575) 824-4884
Fax: (575) 824-3273
Visiting Someone at Otero County Prison Facility
The research did not locate a facility-specific public visiting schedule table for Otero County Prison Facility. State prison visitation should be handled as an NMCD approval and scheduling issue, not as a county jail walk-in schedule. NMCD family and offender resources, facility staff, and the inmate's approved contact process should be used before travel. Prison movement, classification, restrictive housing, treatment placement, and security status can affect visiting availability.
| Visitor Issue | Documented Rule | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Approval | State prison visits generally depend on approved visitor status and facility rules. | Confirm with OCPF or NMCD before travel. |
| Schedule | No OCPF-specific public schedule was located in the assigned research. | Ask the facility for current day, time, and status limits. |
| Custody limits | NMCD lists SOTP, Level 2, Level 3, and RHU security categories. | Confirm whether the person's housing or program status affects visits. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Otero County Prison Facility
NMCD sources must be reconciled carefully for mail. The facility page says mail should include the inmate's NMCD number and be sent to the location address, while the later statewide NMCD mail-address page says NMCD began Smart Communications tablet mail on July 1, 2024 and lists private-facility personal mail for Otero County Prison Facility at a Seminole, Florida processing address. The newer statewide mail-address page should control for personal mail, while legal mail and facility-specific instructions should be confirmed directly with OCPF.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | Inmate Name / NMCD #, Otero County Prison Facility, P.O. Box 9211, Seminole, FL 33775-9211, per NMCD mail-address research. |
| Legal or facility mail | Confirm with OCPF because the facility page and statewide mail-address page differ by mail type. |
| Phone | NMCD says inmates may not receive incoming calls but may place outgoing calls to people on an approved phone list. |
| Money orders | OCPF FAQ says an approved visitor can send a money order with the inmate's name and number to the facility. |
| Quarterly packages | Union Supply Direct is NMCD's quarterly package provider; phone (562) 361-5734; mail NEW MEXICO QUARTERLY PROGRAM, Dept. 610, P.O. Box 619059, Dallas, TX 75261-9059. |
Reception and Classification at Otero County Prison Facility
A state prison admission is not the same as a street-arrest booking at the county jail. NMCD records and classifications material says individuals sent to NMCD have a judgment and sentence giving NMCD incarceration authority. The Offender Management Services process determines release dates from the judgment and sentence, posts earned or forfeited good-time credits consistent with statute and policy, and handles related classification work. For Otero County Prison Facility, classification and facility placement need to be read through the NMCD system and the person's sentence, not through a local jail bond sheet.
The state-prison path also means court records and custody records can answer different questions. Court records explain conviction, sentence, and later filings. NMCD records explain current institution, supervision status, and offender-search information. VINELink through NMCD Victim Services may support notification registration, but it should be treated as a notification tool rather than a complete state-prison roster.
Records Access and Fallbacks
For current state-prison location, begin with NMCD Offender Search and then verify with the institution if the result is unclear. NMCD notes that Adult Prison Division offender information updates nightly, Probation and Parole data updates in real time, and users should allow 24 hours for APD offender information. If a person previously appeared but no longer appears, NMCD says technical issues may be involved and that absence does not necessarily mean release. For the underlying criminal case, use New Mexico Courts Caselookup, re:SearchNM, court IPRA, or the Twelfth Judicial District records channels. For a local arrest before a state sentence, the Otero County Detention Center and Otero County IPRA process may also be relevant.
County channels still help when the question is about the local case history rather than present NMCD custody. The Otero County Detention Center page identifies the Alamogordo jail for local custody, the Otero County Sheriff's Office page names Sheriff David Black for sheriff-office matters, and the Otero County Public Records Request page is the county IPRA fallback for county-held records. Those county links do not replace NMCD Offender Search for Otero County Prison Facility.
About Otero County Prison Facility
NMCD's current facility page controls over older or informal descriptions because it identifies the prison as an active NMCD facility, lists current leadership, and describes the west wing state-inmate operation. The page also notes an inside perimeter fence upgrade for outside recreation and the Sweat Lodge. Program information includes the Sex Offender Treatment Program. The facility may also be confused with federal custody because official USMS records show an intergovernmental agreement with Otero County for federal detainees at Otero County Prison Facility, including people awaiting federal trial, BOP designation, or immigration-status proceedings. That federal agreement does not make the NMCD offender search the right tool for every person at the site, so the committing authority still matters.
Note: Verify the person's custody authority, institution, visiting approval, and mail address with NMCD or OCPF before travel or mailing.