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Searchlight New Mexico

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Joshua Bowling

Posted inPolitics

Who backed Solomon Pena’s campaign?

by Joshua Bowling January 19, 2023January 21, 2023

Measure would bar state from issuing permits for high-level radioactive waste storage

Posted inCriminal Justice

Law and disorder

by Joshua Bowling and photos by Nadav Soroker December 21, 2022January 13, 2023

New Mexico town struggles with corruption, turmoil in law enforcement

Posted inImmigration

‘Inhumane’ New Mexico facility will resume locking up migrants

by Joshua Bowling December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Despite the federal government’s own warning, the federal government plans to lock up more migrants in an ‘egregious’ facility.

Posted inImmigration

Immigration invoice

by Joshua Bowling November 23, 2022December 9, 2022

The feds are paying millions to detain migrants in an ‘inhumane’ facility that leaks when it rains and ‘smells like feces’

Posted inCriminal Justice

Sticker shock

by Joshua Bowling November 3, 2022November 7, 2022

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?

Posted inCriminal Justice

Will jail oversight be dimmed?

by Joshua Bowling October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

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

by Joshua Bowling October 13, 2022October 13, 2022

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 inFeatured

Off guard

by Joshua Bowling August 11, 2022November 4, 2022

A crisis looms at New Mexico’s largest jail, plagued by understaffing — and unsafe conditions

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