Albuquerque police fatally shot unarmed Collin Neztsosie, who had called 911 during a mental health crisis. Did it have to happen?
Joshua Bowling
Joshua Bowling, Searchlight's criminal justice reporter, spent nearly six years covering local government, the environment and other issues at the Arizona Republic. His accountability reporting exposed unsustainable growth, water scarcity, costly forest management and injustice in a historically Black community that was overrun by industrialization. Raised in the Southwest, he graduated from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Calling in crisis
Crisis intervention by civilians seen as way to protect the vulnerable from interactions with armed police
Posted inPolitics
Who backed Solomon Pena’s campaign?
Before he was accused of orchestrating the shootings at elected officials’ homes, he was able to court an influential New Mexico conservative
Posted inCriminal Justice
Law and disorder
New Mexico town struggles with corruption, turmoil in law enforcement
Posted inImmigration
‘Inhumane’ New Mexico facility will resume locking up migrants
Despite the federal government’s own warning, the federal government plans to lock up more migrants in an ‘egregious’ facility.
Posted inImmigration
Immigration invoice
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
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?
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.
