Minimum and medium security (women) · Women's Prison · NMCD

Springer Correctional Center

Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico

Visiting schedules change without notice. Always call before traveling.

Call Visiting Office: (575) 483-3100 Info last verified: June 2026

A minimum- and medium-security state prison for women in Springer, Colfax County — one of New Mexico's two facilities that hold women, with education and a heavy-equipment vocational program.

Statewide rules that apply at NMCD prisons

These rules are set by NMCD and apply at every unit. The full list — including all permitted and prohibited items and the approval process — is in Visiting in New Mexico.

Dress code

Dress modestly — New Mexico facilities enforce a visiting dress code that bars revealing, transparent, or provocative clothing, gang-related items, and anything resembling what incarcerated people or staff wear.
Each facility may turn away a visitor who is dressed out of code, and electronic devices are not allowed inside, so confirm the specific facility's rules before traveling.

ID: Every visitor must be on the inmate's approved visitor list before visiting (and before depositing money) — the incarcerated person initiates the list, and approval is handled by each facility. Bring a government-issued photo ID to each visit.
What to bring: Bring only what the facility allows — most personal items are not permitted in the visiting room. Money for an inmate's account is sent by U.S. postal money order to the person at their facility (the separate Securus Debit account covers calls and tablet services), never handed over at a visit.
Scheduling: New Mexico has no statewide online scheduler — visits are arranged with each facility by phone or email, and days, hours, and contact-versus-noncontact rules vary by facility and custody level. The privately operated Otero County Prison Facility sets its own visiting arrangements. Men enter the system through the Reception and Diagnostic Center at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility (Los Lunas); women through the diagnostic center at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (Grants).

Full statewide rules: Visiting in New Mexico

Overview

Springer Correctional Center (SCC), on Highway 468 in Springer, Colfax County, is a minimum- and medium-security state prison for women in northeastern New Mexico. It holds women classified at Levels 1 and 2. Springer is one of two New Mexico Corrections Department sites that hold women — the other is the women’s units at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants, which also serves as the women’s reception and diagnostic center.

What Makes the Springer Correctional Center Different

It has been a women’s facility since 2016. The site previously held a different population; the New Mexico Corrections Department converted it to a prison for women in 2016.
It is one of New Mexico’s two women’s sites. Women in New Mexico are held at Springer and at the women’s units of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants. Families should confirm the person’s current facility on the Offender Search before traveling.
It runs education and vocational programs. Springer offers educational programming and a heavy-equipment vocational program.

Visiting

The statewide NMCD rules above — the approved visitor list, the dress code, ID, and item limits — apply at the Springer Correctional Center. The facility’s own arrangements:

The full approval process is in Visiting a New Mexico prison.

Getting There and Parking

The prison is on Highway 468 in Springer, in Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico.

Distances are approximate, based on map routing. Visitor parking is on site.

Nearby Services

Springer has limited services; Raton, to the north along Interstate 25, and Las Vegas, to the south, have more lodging, gas, and food. The nearest hospital emergency rooms are in those towns.

Mail

New Mexico does not deliver personal mail to the prison itself. Since February 2022, incoming personal mail for people in New Mexico Corrections Department facilities is sent to an off-site Securus processing center in Seminole, Florida, where it is opened, inspected, and scanned. The scanned mail is delivered electronically to the person’s Smart Communications tablet (the tablet program began July 1, 2024); the original paper is not forwarded to the facility.

Personal mail must be addressed with the incarcerated person’s full committed name and NMCD number, followed by Springer’s Seminole, Florida P.O. Box:

Inmate’s Full Name + NMCD Number Springer Correctional Center PO Box 9193 Seminole, FL 33775-9189

The current box for each facility is listed on the New Mexico Corrections Department’s Inmate Mail Addresses page. Legal mail, publications, and packages are handled differently and do not go to the Florida scanning box — legal and privileged mail goes to the facility and is opened in the person’s presence under NMCD policy, and publications and books are subject to that policy’s approved-source rules. Confirm the current routing for legal mail, publications, and packages with the facility before sending. Full rules are in Sending mail in New Mexico.

Learn More

Visiting a New Mexico prison — approved visitor lists, scheduling with each facility, and what to expect at the visit.
Sending mail in New Mexico — the off-site scanning system, addressing, and how legal mail and publications are handled.
Phone, video, and messaging — Securus calls, Smart Communications tablets, and video visits.
Sending money — how to deposit funds to a trust account and to a Securus Debit account.
Medical care — who provides health care in New Mexico prisons and how to raise a concern.
Transfers and reception — how people enter the system through the Reception and Diagnostic Centers and how transfers work.

Sources

This page is compiled from the following publicly available sources. Policies change without notice — confirm current details with the facility before relying on them.