February 2, 1980, New Mexico and the nation watched in horror as this prison turned from an organized correctional facility ...

The old New Mexico State Penitentiary, site of a deadly 1980 riot, remains a chilling reminder of past horrors, with eerie occurrences suggesting the spirits of those who perished may still linger.

Now I can't sleep right,” says one former inmate of Doña Ana County Detention Center. “They treated us like guinea pigs for ...