International Academy Instructors Visit NENMDF Linda Quintana, Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility
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hree International Training Academy instructors visited Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility on May 23, 2012 to tour the facility and observe at the New Mexico Corrections Department satellite academy in Clayton. Miriam Leticia Amador Lopez, Maria del Carmen Camarena Bravo, and Rafael Zamarron Gallegos work in federal prisons in Mexico and received their training at the NMCD’s academy in Santa Fe. The Mexican Federal Prison system is implementing a completely new concept of inmate management known as “El Nuevo Modelo” (the New Model). All new staff is trained at the Federal Corrections Training Academy in Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico. At the Clayton satellite academy, the visitors had the opportunity to talk to the NENMDF cadets and observe some of the classes they receive from facility and NMCD instructors. The eightweek academy was held at the Army National Guard Armory; the cadets graduated on June 14, 2012 at the historic Luna Theatre. They were accompanied on their tour of NENMDF by Training Sgt. Ronnie Steen and Disciplinary Sgt. Ursula Brown. “They were very impressed with both the academy and the facility,” Sgt. Steen said. “They remarked on the cleanliness of the building and the professionalism of the officers. They also liked the operation of the Key Watcher system and the control centers, especially the practice of opening only one door at a time.” Sgt. Brown reported that the visitors said they would recommend an operation and layout identical to NENMDF for the next new prison to be built in Mexico.
NENMDF Training Sgt. Ronnie Steen (right) with Rafael Zamarron Gallegos, Miriam Leticia Amador Lopez, and Maria del Carmen Camarena Bravo, three international training academy instructors from Mexico who visited the local correctional facility and its satellite training academy last month.
They said that without that, you can’t run a facility. She added that the visitors were particularly impressed with the number of female officers at NENMDF. The NMCD’s International Training Academy has been training cadets from Latin American countries since 2009, said Antonio S. Maestas, an advisor for the program with the U.S. Department of State, who was the Primary Instructor of five of the first six international academies.
St. Jude Warrior Dash Linda Quintana, Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility Thomas, is one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other deadly childhood diseases.
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ersonnel from the Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility in Clayton, New Mexico, and Adelanto Processing Center East in Adelanto, California, raised money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by competing in the North Texas Warrior Dash on April 21, 2012 NENMDF’s Major Billy Rye and Lt. Matt Montoya, and Dean Macur, Business Manager at Adelanto and former Business Manager at NENMDF, conquered obstacles, leapt through fire, and crawled through mud—and had a great time doing it! St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, founded by entertainer Danny
It costs $1.7 million a day to operate St. Jude, where families never pay for the care they receive. Major Rye personally raised $675 for the cause, and each of the three paid a $75 entry fee to compete. Rye said his favorite part of the Dash was the water obstacle, where he “helped short people over the wall” and it was cool on a hot Texas day. “But the coolest part of the whole thing was the environment,” he said. “Everybody was having fun. It was a sort of passiveaggressive Woodstock, mud and all.”This was Macur’s second Warrior Dash, and he says he looks forward to running more in the future. “The obstacles are a lot of fun and I enjoy the challenge of the race,” he said. “This was a lot of fun to participate in because I was able to go with friends, and that really makes the whole event a great experience.”
Pictures from L to R: Montoya runs through fire for a good cause., The three (muddy) Musketeers: Dean Macur, Billy Rye and Matt Montoya., Major Billy Rye (left) and Lt. Matt Montoya (right) from NENMDF and Dean Macur (center), former NENMDF Business Manager, now Business Manager at Adelanto, competed in the North Texas Warrior Dash April 21st in Roanoke, Texas.
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