/tags/private-prisons private prisons en-US Copyright Wed, 26 May 2021 17:37:30 GMT /news/2021-05-26/lets-talk-asylum-seeker-detention Let’s Talk New Mexico 5/27 8am: Asylum seekers who arrive in the U.S. are often fleeing violence at the hands of police or gangs in their home countries.… Wed, 26 May 2021 17:37:30 GMT /news/2021-05-26/lets-talk-asylum-seeker-detention Yasmin Khan /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 /public-health-new-mexico/2020-08-17/retirement-board-puts-off-decision-on-private-prison-divestment An effort to get public money out of private ICE detention in New Mexico saw a partial victory this week. A coalition of educators and immigrants rights… Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:19 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2020-08-17/retirement-board-puts-off-decision-on-private-prison-divestment Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2020-08-12/educators-urge-n-m-retirement-board-to-divest-from-for-profit-prisons-and-migrant-detention Calls for a major New Mexico retirement fund to drop investments in companies that operate private prisons and ICE detention may finally be answered this… Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:14:41 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2020-08-12/educators-urge-n-m-retirement-board-to-divest-from-for-profit-prisons-and-migrant-detention Hannah Colton /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/2020-04-17/ynmg-covid-the-systems-arent-colorblind-but-coronavirus-is In episode 44, we talk about CDC data and state data showing that the virus is harming, disproportionately, brown and black people around the U.S.—and… Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:37:11 GMT /local-news/2020-04-17/ynmg-covid-the-systems-arent-colorblind-but-coronavirus-is Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2019-03-01/lawmakers-could-create-a-window-into-ice-detention-facilities-in-n-m Nationally, Immigration and Customs Enforcement held 42,000 people in custody on average on any given day last year. People leaving ICE detention often… Fri, 01 Mar 2019 23:10:48 GMT /local-news/2019-03-01/lawmakers-could-create-a-window-into-ice-detention-facilities-in-n-m Marisa Demarco