Access to soap is a vital concern for inmates during the COVID-19 outbreak
Ike Swetlitz
Ike Swetlitz has traveled the world to hold policymakers, businesses, and scientists accountable. At Searchlight, he is focusing on criminal justice. He most recently reported for STAT, the national health and medical science publication, in both Boston and Washington, D.C., where he focused on drug pricing, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering. He graduated from Yale with a degree in physics and is based in Albuquerque.
Posted inCoronavirus, Criminal Justice, Featured
On lockdown
Social distancing, recommended to limit the spread of COVID-19, is not an option in ICE detention facilities
Posted inCriminal Justice, Featured, Politics
Parole revoked
A series of comic mishaps ends in ouster of parole chief
Posted inCriminal Justice, Featured, Politics
Full court pressed
The New Mexico Court of Appeals is swamped with backlogged cases, leaving hundreds in limbo.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
“It’s appalling”
Michelle Lujan Grisham on seclusion and restraint in Albuquerque schools
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
Building Blocks
Big investment in early childhood aims to provide foundation for NM kids.
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
Who’s the Threat?
Hundreds of special ed students ID’d as potential threats
Posted inFeatured, Progress Report
Progress report: Keeping tabs on meds for foster-care kids
In February, Trent John sat down at his desk in the Children, Youth & Families Department and opened up a password-protected Excel spreadsheet. A list of psychotropic medications prescribed to most of the foster-care children in New Mexico popped up on the screen. There were 31 pages chock full of detail about antipsychotics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Featured
Locking down revenue
Small towns profit from incarcerating migrants
