When a sitting New Mexico judge is arrested for allegedly tampering with evidence to help cover for an alleged violent gang member, it’s not just a scandal — it’s a ...

A recent Democratic-backed law in New Mexico seeks to solve the state’s rampant crime problem and shortage of cops by letting ...

For this week's "Around the Roundhouse" podcast, Santa Fe New Mexican reporter Margaret O'Hara spoke to Rep. Christine ...

The Lea County Correctional Facility in Hobbs is owned and operated by private prison company GEO Group, which holds people convicted under state law and in New Mexico Corrections Department custody.

Solitary confinement. Administrative segregation. Restrictive housing. No matter what you call it, the American Civil Liberties Union says, the practice of keeping a person alone in a cell 23 hours a ...

Three prisoners representing a class of at least 400 say they are subject to inhumane treatment in violation of the New ...

Incarcerated people allege prison subjects 'hundreds of New Mexicans annually to prolonged periods of solitary confinement.' ...

Officials say 71 National Guard members will soon help Albuquerque police with certain tasks, some possibly this week.