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.' ...

Over 100 undocumented migrants are facing charges for allegedly crossing illegally into the newly designated military area ...

U.S. Attorney for New Mexico announced charges against 82 people for crossing the border into a brand-new military buffer ...

Tensions are escalating at the U.S.-Mexico border as the United States begins enforcing a new military restriction zone.

The patrolled zones — located in New Mexico and Texas — are part of Trump’s plan to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border.

More than two dozen migrants are now facing federal criminal charges for crossing into the U.S. from Mexico and entering the ...

Border agents in the past week have arrested at least seven migrants for trespassing on military property while entering the ...

As of Monday, at least 28 migrants were charged with violating security regulations as well as entering the U.S. illegally, ...