The most violent prison riot in US history happened at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe. Thirty-three prisoners ...
A Northern New Mexico animal shelter is expanding a dog training program at the state penitentiary, after discovering black ...
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.
LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – For the third year in a row, the state is seeing more inmates improving themselves while in prison by going back to school. “I got my [GED] in December,” said Jacob Velasquez, ...
LOS LUNAS — Richard Lewis will be released from prison in two weeks after a four-year bid for forging treasury bonds. In that time, he’s earned nearly half of the credits he needs for a college degree ...
Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The New Mexico Corrections Department recently began operating its own prison commissaries instead of ...
Now I can't sleep right,” says one former inmate of Doña Ana County Detention Center. “They treated us like guinea pigs for ...