Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle on Oct. 29 sentenced John Tolbert, 59, for the 2024 shooting death of his brother, Francis G.

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 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.

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.

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

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

Alec Baldwin's lawsuit against New Mexico officials, including the special prosecutor, the Santa Fe district attorney and the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It is the end of a legal saga for the New Mexico Corrections Department, more than a decade after mistakenly releasing a man from prison, who eventually murdered an ...