On a September morning in 1999, federal agents descended on the village as part of a nationwide heroin crackdown. The bust changed nothing and everything.
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Dire conditions
Haitian asylum seekers are suffering from inadequate food, dirty water, and poor medical care at the Torrance County Detention Facility.
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A Black life ends in a New Mexico police shooting
A state police officer shot and killed Rodney Applewhite on a barren road south of Albuquerque. A week later, his shattered family still has no information about why, and how, his life ended.
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From detention to deliverance
Teens who’ve been incarcerated need help to change their lives. The Adobe Program gives them the tools.
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Cruel and Usual
Taos County jail accused of abuse and dysfunction
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A virus knows no bars
Private prison operator CoreCivic is accused of ignoring a COVID-19 outbreak, putting inmates and the community at risk.
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Pay up or lockup
Housing shortage kept cash-poor parolees behind bars
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“Screaming for help”
Imprisoned migrants seeking better prison conditions describe an attack by pepper-spraying guards
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“We’re sitting ducks”
As coronavirus swept through a halfway house, state officials reported nothing
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The Rise of the Anti-Lockdown Sheriffs
Opposition to stay-at-home orders is the latest example of a history of powerful sheriffs, a history that stretches back to the end of slavery and the settling of the frontier.