/tags/corrections-department Corrections Department en-US Copyright Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:49:59 GMT /local-news/2022-09-22/recidivism-and-prison-population-continue-to-fall In Fiscal Year 2020, 54% of people released from prison were incarcerated again within three years. Now, that number is 38%. Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:49:59 GMT /local-news/2022-09-22/recidivism-and-prison-population-continue-to-fall Alice Fordham /local-news/2022-07-28/lawmakers-and-corrections-officials-debate-prison-mail-access Since February this year, people in prison in New Mexico have not been able to receive physical mail. Correspondents must write to an address in Florida, and inmates receive scanned versions of most letters, after processing by a private company. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 02:40:36 GMT /local-news/2022-07-28/lawmakers-and-corrections-officials-debate-prison-mail-access Alice Fordham /local-news/2021-03-29/legislators-put-private-prison-reform-on-the-back-burner-for-another-year People who are incarcerated faced a lack of resources when it came to access to health care and PPE during the pandemic. A couple of bills before… Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:54:45 GMT /local-news/2021-03-29/legislators-put-private-prison-reform-on-the-back-burner-for-another-year Taylor Velazquez /local-news/2020-11-03/clifton-white-and-selinda-guerrero-talk-freedom-and-the-risks-demonstrators-take Clifton White and Selinda Guerrero organized Free Them All Fridays for months, speaking out against conditions and abuses in New Mexico prisons. White had… Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:21:57 GMT /local-news/2020-11-03/clifton-white-and-selinda-guerrero-talk-freedom-and-the-risks-demonstrators-take Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-09-09/judge-n-m-corrections-department-tried-to-hide-report-on-health-care-failures For years, people who’d been in New Mexico prisons brought lawsuits and allegations about dangerously bad medical care, as well as sexual abuse by a… Mon, 09 Sep 2019 23:01:58 GMT /local-news/2019-09-09/judge-n-m-corrections-department-tried-to-hide-report-on-health-care-failures Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-03-25/limits-on-solitary-confinement-head-to-the-governor State lawmakers just passed restrictions on solitary confinement, the first of their kind in the state. If Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs them into… Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:12:00 GMT /local-news/2019-03-25/limits-on-solitary-confinement-head-to-the-governor Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-02-28/researchers-say-n-m-prisons-under-report-use-of-solitary The United States imprisons a larger portion of its population than any other country in the world, and the use of solitary confinement is widespread.… Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:15:19 GMT /local-news/2019-02-28/researchers-say-n-m-prisons-under-report-use-of-solitary Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2015-03-24/public-health-in-the-2015-session Psychiatric Meds In School—PASSEDIf parents refuse to give their child psychiatric medicine, the school can’t prevent the student from participating in… Wed, 25 Mar 2015 01:40:06 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-03-24/public-health-in-the-2015-session Marisa Demarco, Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2015-02-18/senator-moms-should-be-able-to-pump-breast-milk-in-jail Female inmates are the fastest-growing prison population in the state. New moms and pregnant women who are heading to jail could be affected by… Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:38:18 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-02-18/senator-moms-should-be-able-to-pump-breast-milk-in-jail Marisa Demarco