/tags/department-of-corrections Department of Corrections en-US Copyright 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 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/2020-06-24/ynmg-covid-the-balls-that-got-dropped We come back to life’s essentials like housing and education in episode 80, and the systemic problems that can easily slip past us if we’re not vigilant.… Thu, 25 Jun 2020 03:43:57 GMT /local-news/2020-06-24/ynmg-covid-the-balls-that-got-dropped Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2020-03-31/ynmg-covid-behind-the-walls Episode 31 is all about jails and prisons during the pandemic, and it's packed. (Plus, Your NM Gov is airing weeknights at 8 p.m. on 91°µÍø this week.) We… Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:45:37 GMT /local-news/2020-03-31/ynmg-covid-behind-the-walls Marisa Demarco, Hannah Colton, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2019-11-04/aclu-says-prison-assault-cases-in-n-m-are-due-to-systemic-failures The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Monday, Nov. 4, filed the third in a series of lawsuits charging that prison guards are sexually… Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:16:42 GMT /local-news/2019-11-04/aclu-says-prison-assault-cases-in-n-m-are-due-to-systemic-failures 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/2019-07-30/lawsuit-alleges-pattern-of-sexual-abuse-in-n-m-womens-prisons The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed a second lawsuit Monday, July 29, on behalf of a woman who says she was subject to repeated sexual… Wed, 31 Jul 2019 01:30:46 GMT /local-news/2019-07-30/lawsuit-alleges-pattern-of-sexual-abuse-in-n-m-womens-prisons Marisa Demarco /local-news/2018-09-18/lets-talk-medical-care-in-state-prisons Let's Talk New Mexico 9/20 8 am: Prisons in New Mexico don’t have enough medical staff, and advocates say this means people don’t get the help they… Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:21:36 GMT /local-news/2018-09-18/lets-talk-medical-care-in-state-prisons Marisa Demarco /local-news/2018-09-05/state-fines-prison-health-care-companies-millions The state fired the private company in charge of prisoner health care and gave the contract to another company after a 2016 investigation into dangerously… Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:19:20 GMT /local-news/2018-09-05/state-fines-prison-health-care-companies-millions Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2016-09-02/doc-missing-email-trips-up-court-parolee-communications The man accused of drugging, assaulting and killing a child in Albuquerque slipped through the cracks of the probation system because of a missed email,… Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:47:51 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-09-02/doc-missing-email-trips-up-court-parolee-communications Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2016-04-21/inmates-sue-over-health-care-in-n-m-prisons The company that handles medical services for prisoners in the state—Corizon Health—is facing hundreds of lawsuits filed by inmates who say care is… Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:48:03 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-04-21/inmates-sue-over-health-care-in-n-m-prisons Marisa Demarco