New Mexico State Penitentiary
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La Cienega /
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World / United States / New Mexico
Used as the location for the recent remake of 'The Longest Yard' with Adam Sandler. The water tower is still painted with the (fictitious) name 'ALLENVILLE' from the movie. A herd of buffalo (bison) is raised as a prison industry.
Also the site of one of the nation's worst prison riots (see Wikipedia link below)
Also the site of one of the nation's worst prison riots (see Wikipedia link below)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_Penitentiary_riot
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°33'57"N 106°3'47"W
- Old US 66 14 km
- Pena Blanca 27 km
- Los Alamos National Laboratory TA-33, HP Site 31 km
- Los Alamos National Laboratory TA-70 Rio Grande Site 31 km
- Los Alamos National Laboratory TA-71 Southeast Site 32 km
- Buckman Mesa 35 km
- Los Alamos National Laboratory TA-39, Ancho Canyon 35 km
- Los Alamos National Laboratory TA-49, Frijoles Mesa Site 38 km
- BLM Motorcycle Observed Trials riding area 70 km
- Arroyo Seco 115 km
- New Mexico National Guard Headquarters 1.7 km
- The Downs at Santa Fe 2.7 km
- La Cienega, New Mexico 4.5 km
- Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch 5.2 km
- Western town sets 5.4 km
- Rancho Viejo 6.2 km
- Santa Fe Community College 7.3 km
- J. W. Eaves Movie Ranch 9 km
- Los Cerrillos - Cerrillos mining district 10 km
- Galisteo Reservoir 16 km