Prison News | New Mexico
Recent events, organized by category (below) or region/state (right), concerning the corrections industry in New Mexico. Comments, suggestions and contributions (below) appreciated.
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Education & Rehabilitation
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Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty
Gangs in Prison
Health & Medical Treatment
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Prison Classification, Placement, & Release
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What Happens When A City Decides to Offer Addicts Services, Not Prison Sentences?
For decades, the United States has tried to punish and shame people out of drug addiction with courts, jails and criminal records. It has been massively unsuccessful, as the nationwide rise in opiate addiction over the last few years demonstrates, and few people are more aware of its failure than the police officers tasked with arresting addicts....
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The Nation,
Thursday, October 16, 2014
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NM not planning larger women�s prison
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration isn’t looking to expand the state women’s prison despite requesting proposals from private prison contractors for a facility with up to 850 beds, according to a Corrections Department official....
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Associated Press,
Thursday, April 10, 2014
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New Mexico prisoner segregation under review
Corrections Secretary Gregg Marcantel outlined his plan Friday before a legislative committee as state and county officials respond to a recent report that criticized New Mexico's widespread use of solitary confinement in prisons and jails....
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Associated Press,
Sunday, November 24, 2013
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State of New Mexico says it doesn't have required DNA samples for 138 prisoners
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The state Department of Corrections has determined that DNA wasn't collected as required from numerous state prison inmates, a lapse that hinders investigations into unsolved crimes....
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Associated Press,
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Prison Conditions & Corruption
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Prison Life & Culture
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Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
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Suicides in Prison
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Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News
