A Northern New Mexico animal shelter is expanding a dog training program at the state penitentiary, after discovering black ...

The most violent prison riot in US history happened at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe. Thirty-three prisoners ...

A judge in New Mexico halted legal proceedings in a federal death penalty case because the U.S. government shutdown is ...

The New Mexico Corrections Department is entering a new partnership with Northern New Mexico College offering inmates a ...

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.

Two men have been convicted in connection with the “execution-style” killing of a 33-year-old man during a robbery in 2020, ...

New Mexico state agencies could be on the hook to pay millions more in premiums next year, amid an increase in settlements.

Geo Group has been tight-lipped about what it plans to do with a facility in Hobbs previously operated as a state prison.

A convicted man was sentenced to serve more than a decade in prison after being found guilty of threatening a judge with an ...

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

The above video shows the top local headlines for the morning of October 28, 2025.  CLOVIS, N.M.– District Attorney Quentin Ray announced on Tuesday morning that Jesus Anaya had pled guilty ...