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Only a small handful of lockups around the country let new moms who are behind bars breastfeed their infants. But the Bernalillo County jail—the biggest…
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There’s been a lot of focus lately both locally and nationally on how police officers use force—sometimes deadly force—against people.Now, New Mexico’s…
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For hundreds of people in New Mexico, getting out of jail or prison hinges on whether there’s a bed in a halfway house, a slot in a treatment program or…
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The Legislature’s Criminal Justice Reform Committee met on Wednesday to talk about bail, among other topics. According to one speaker, the high cost of…
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NatauraPowdrell remembers one inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center who refused to take his meds. When the jail’s mental health staff tried to talk…
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The hole. That’s what they call it on television. It’s the mind-shattering pit fictional prisoners will do anything to avoid.In real life, human rights…