/tags/solitary-confinement solitary confinement en-US Copyright Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:12:00 GMT /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 /local-news/2017-04-11/lawyer-responds-to-veto-of-solitary-confinement-limits Advocates around the country have been working to limit the use of solitary confinement in jails and prisons. The New Mexico Legislature passed a bill… Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:19:19 GMT /local-news/2017-04-11/lawyer-responds-to-veto-of-solitary-confinement-limits Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2015-04-15/kunm-reporting-series-solitary-confinement The use of solitary confinement on people with mental illness is costing counties millions of dollars. The most famous example is Stephen Slevin, who was… Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:47:09 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-04-15/kunm-reporting-series-solitary-confinement 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/2015-02-23/lawmakers-to-consider-limiting-solitary-confinement The use of solitary confinement on mentally ill inmates sparked expensive lawsuits in New Mexico in the last couple of years. Doña Ana County paid Stephen… Mon, 23 Feb 2015 23:44:15 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-02-23/lawmakers-to-consider-limiting-solitary-confinement Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2014-10-22/listen-public-health-in-new-mexico-and-election-2014 91°µÍø Call In Show Thu. 10/23 8a: What public health issues are New Mexico candidates talking about in their campaigns? What are politicians and elected… Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:17:52 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-10-22/listen-public-health-in-new-mexico-and-election-2014 /public-health-new-mexico/2014-05-09/solitary-confinement-and-public-health 91°µÍø's Public Health correspondent Marisa Demarco recently completed a three part series on the use of solitary confinement in New Mexico prisons and… Fri, 09 May 2014 21:13:58 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-05-09/solitary-confinement-and-public-health /public-health-new-mexico/2014-05-06/solitary-confinement-in-new-mexico-part-3 NatauraPowdrell remembers one inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center who refused to take his meds. When the jail’s mental health staff tried to talk… Tue, 06 May 2014 21:49:01 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-05-06/solitary-confinement-in-new-mexico-part-3 Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2014-04-28/solitary-confinement-in-new-mexico-part-i The hole. That’s what they call it on television. It’s the mind-shattering pit fictional prisoners will do anything to avoid.In real life, human rights… Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:24:36 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-04-28/solitary-confinement-in-new-mexico-part-i Marisa Demarco