The Roswell Correctional Center (RCC) is located in Hagerman, New Mexico, a small Southeast New Mexico community with an approximate population of 1,100. The Center was originally classified as a Minimum Facility (level I) when it opened in 1978, with an inmate capacity of 65. In January 2000, the Department determined that it was in need of additional level II beds, at which time the center's custody level increased from a Level I to a Level II facility with a capacity of 340 inmates