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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... SANTA FE — Rodents running around the kitchen, feces in food and their rotting bodies found inside food storage areas are just some of the conditions former inmates at the Western New Mexico Corrections Facility say they had to live with. After receiving repeated reports about the alleged ongoing r...

New Mexico’s Top Prison Official: Ending Practice Of Contracting With Private Firms To Operate Jails Won’t Happen Anytime Soon By PHAEDRA HAYWOOD SFNM New Mexico’s top prison official said the state could eventually end its practice of contracting with private, for-profit firms to operate four of its 11 detention facilities, but the change won’t come anytime soon. The comments Friday by Corrections Secretary Alisha Tafoya Lucero followed an executive order earlier this week by President...

By Phaedra Haywood, Santa Fe New Mexico | January 30, 2021 New Mexico’s top prison official said the state could eventually end its practice of contracting with private, for-profit firms to operate four of its 11 detention facilities, but the change won’t come anytime soon. The comments Friday by Corrections Secretary Alisha Tafoya Lucero followed an executive order earlier this week by President Joe Biden, who said the U.S. Department of Justice must end its reliance on private operators ...

Share COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s and women’s track and field teams will open their respective 2021 indoor seasons tomorrow at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational, hosted by the University of Michigan at its UM Indoor Track Building. Ohio State will join four other teams in the day-long meet: Michigan, Indiana, Michigan State and Purdue. The men’s competition will run from 10 a.m. until approximately 1:30 p.m. while the women’s meet will take place from 3:30 p.m. until approxima...

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal A Las Cruces man who was being held in prison despite a judge ordering his immediate release four weeks ago was let out of the Otero County Prison Facility on Tuesday morning. Judge Douglas Driggers of the 3rd Judicial District Court ordered Johnny Malone’s immediate release on Dec. 17 after finding that Malone, 37, had completed his sentence for 2007 rape and kidnapping convictions. Despite the order, Malone was still being held in prison earlier this we...

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal A New Mexico man convicted of rape in 2007 remains in prison, despite a judge’s order last month to release him immediately. A Corrections Department spokesman said the department is looking into the legality of the judge’s order. Johnny Malone, 37, is currently being held at the Otero County Prison Facility. In April 2007, he pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual penetration and one count of kidnapping and was sentenced to six years in prison,...

A state district judge in Albuquerque ruled this week that Bernalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center must allow qualifying patients access to medical marijuana, in a victory for advocates that could have far-reaching implications for jails and prisons. It was unclear whether correctional facilities statewide would voluntarily comply with the ruling. But state Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, an attorney who represented a defendant in the DWI case that led to the decision, said...

Check Out This Austin Recording Studio With Lubbock Roots Studio 601 is a sweet little recording spot in Austin, TX that produces killer sound and nurtures musicians through the recording process. One of the co-owners, Eric Harrison, grew up here in the Lubbock music scene and took some time to visit with FMX briefly about the studio as well as share some memories of growing up here and playing for local bands. How did you get into music? "It all started with me going to a local Lubbock bands...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Geraldine Altamirano, left, says her daughter Rubina has complained to her about what she says are inhumane conditions at the Springer Correctional Center during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy of Geraldine Altamirano) Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal Women at the Springer Correctional Center w...

Associated Press New Mexico health officials say another 43 people have died due to COVID-19 complications. The number released Friday is among the highest daily death tolls for the state in recent weeks. Nearly two-thirds of the latest fatalities involved people in the 70s or older, while one of the deaths was a McKinley County man in his 20s who had underlying conditions. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said her prayers are with those who have lost loved ones and she urged people to abide by the ...