World / USA / New Mexico / La Cienega, 6 km from center Coordinates: 35°33'56"N   106°3'46"W

New Mexico State Penitentiary


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)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_Penitentiary_riot
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