How New Mexico Is Running Its Prison System

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – What does it take to run New Mexico’s prison system? This week on the New Mexico News Insiders ...

Guards who rape inmates at New Mexico women's prison get lenient sentences, records show

Two years of probation for groping, three years of probation for rape. That appears to be the standard punishment for prison guards who sexually assault inmates at the state women’s prison in Cibola ...
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Inmates sue state over book access in prison

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Two New Mexico state prison inmates are suing the New Mexico Corrections Department, arguing that current policies amount to an unconstitutional ban on books and other reading ...
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The story behind the most violent prison riot in New Mexico history; New Mexico Strange

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – At The New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe in 1980 was one of the most violent prison riots in U.S. history. Resulting in 33 deaths and many more injuries, this riot ...