State Road 14, which came to be called "the main unit." The original 1885 facility was demolished shortly thereafter. Aside from the street name "Pen Road," no trace remains of the original penitentiary. In the new 1956 facility, between the years 1967 and 1970, the population was below capacity and dorm rooms were used as classrooms. Warden J.E. Baker used Federal funds from President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty to address prison reform. It was called Project Newgate and the money was used to support programs such as prisoner education, job training, and community service. In 1980, Cell Block 4, at the far northern end from the Control Center, was the scene of one of the most violent prison riots in the correctional history of the United States. Over two days 33 inmates were killed and 12 officers were held hostage by prisoners who had escaped from crowded dormitories located at the southern end from the Control Center. Men were brutally butchered, dismembered, and decapitated and hung up on the cells and burned alive. This section of the prison was closed in 1998 and is now referred to as the "Old Main." Systemic reforms after the riot and the Duran v. King consent decree, including implementation of the Bureau Classification System under Cabinet Secretary Joe Williams, led to the modern New Mexico prison system. The prison is reputedly haunted, with numerous unexplained phenomena, from prison doors opening and closing of their own accord, to ghostly voices and footsteps. See also New Mexico State Penitentiary riot References External links Penitentiary of New Mexico - New Mexico Corrections Department Buildings and structures in Santa Fe County, New Mexico Prisons in New Mexico Government of New Mexico Capital punishment in New Mexico Reportedly haunted locations in New Mexico Execution sites in the United States 1885 establishments in New Mexico Territory