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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 inMental Health

A deadly cry for help

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Vanessa G. Sánchez and Joshua Bowling April 27, 2023April 28, 2023

Albuquerque police fatally shot unarmed Collin Neztsosie, who had called 911 during a mental health crisis. Did it have to happen?

Posted inCriminal Justice

Calling in crisis

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Joshua Bowling and Vanessa G. Sánchez March 22, 2023March 23, 2023

Crisis intervention by civilians seen as way to protect the vulnerable from interactions with armed police

Posted inPolitics

Who backed Solomon Pena’s campaign?

Avatar photo by Joshua Bowling January 19, 2023February 9, 2023

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

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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?

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo by Joshua Bowling August 11, 2022April 13, 2023

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

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