It’s been one year since New Mexico took control of two private prisons, a shift that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Was the move worth it?
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Posted inTribal Affairs
Searching on their own
A Navajo-led search and rescue group looks for missing and murdered Indigenous people — going where no one else will
Posted inEnvironment
The fire and flood next time
Few communities have solid backup plans to protect from disastrous flames and flooding
Posted inCriminal Justice
Will jail oversight be dimmed?
A proposal to alter the civilian oversight board that guides the Metropolitan Detention Center, New Mexico’s largest jail, is a tough sell for reform advocates.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Hot pursuit
Along the U.S.-Mexico border, Border Patrol agents use high-speed chases to catch suspects. Migrants, U.S. citizens and random bystanders have all died during these pursuits.
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
These Foster Kids Need Mental Health Care. New Mexico Is Putting Them in Homeless Shelters.
Youth crisis shelters aren’t set up to deal with foster youth who need intensive mental health treatment. When teens try to harm themselves or others, staff resort to calling 911.
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
New Mexico Struggles to Follow Through on Promises to Reform Child Welfare System
New Mexico Struggles With Reforming Child Welfare System
Posted inFeatured
Helter shelter
New Mexico cities resist building encampments, despite one’s success to the south
Posted inEnvironment
Indigenous groups ask Supreme Court to overturn power shift
Coalition asks the court to toss out an amendment that triggered the change
Posted inFeatured
The age of consequence: Wildfires in New Mexico
Drought and climate change will spark catastrophic fires unless forests are better managed — starting now.