/tags/prisons prisons en-US Copyright Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:22:08 GMT /local-news/2023-04-10/addiction-treatment-to-be-required-in-nm-prisons People in New Mexico state prisons are unable to access medication for addiction treatment unless they’re pregnant— even if they had been on medication before being incarcerated or were transferred from a handful of county jails that provide it. A new state law is going to change that. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:22:08 GMT /local-news/2023-04-10/addiction-treatment-to-be-required-in-nm-prisons Nash Jones /local-news/2022-07-28/lawmakers-and-corrections-officials-debate-prison-mail-access Since February this year, people in prison in New Mexico have not been able to receive physical mail. Correspondents must write to an address in Florida, and inmates receive scanned versions of most letters, after processing by a private company. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 02:40:36 GMT /local-news/2022-07-28/lawmakers-and-corrections-officials-debate-prison-mail-access Alice Fordham /news/2021-01-08/advocates-call-for-the-mountain-wests-incarcerated-population-to-be-vaccinated-early Some of the largest and most deadly COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred in our country's prisons. The latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control… Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:22:57 GMT /news/2021-01-08/advocates-call-for-the-mountain-wests-incarcerated-population-to-be-vaccinated-early /news/2020-06-08/idaho-and-wyoming-prisons-remain-free-of-covid-19-as-far-as-they-know There have been more than 40,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in prisons and jails across 47 states. Only Idaho and Wyoming, as well as Hawaii, have yet to... Fri, 05 Jun 2020 21:26:12 GMT /news/2020-06-08/idaho-and-wyoming-prisons-remain-free-of-covid-19-as-far-as-they-know Amanda Peacher, Amanda Peacher /local-news/2020-03-31/ynmg-covid-behind-the-walls Episode 31 is all about jails and prisons during the pandemic, and it's packed. (Plus, Your NM Gov is airing weeknights at 8 p.m. on ¾ÅÉ«Íø this week.) We… Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:45:37 GMT /local-news/2020-03-31/ynmg-covid-behind-the-walls Marisa Demarco, Hannah Colton, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2018-09-18/lets-talk-medical-care-in-state-prisons Let's Talk New Mexico 9/20 8 am: Prisons in New Mexico don’t have enough medical staff, and advocates say this means people don’t get the help they… Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:21:36 GMT /local-news/2018-09-18/lets-talk-medical-care-in-state-prisons Marisa Demarco /local-news/2017-04-11/lawyer-responds-to-veto-of-solitary-confinement-limits Advocates around the country have been working to limit the use of solitary confinement in jails and prisons. The New Mexico Legislature passed a bill… Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:19:19 GMT /local-news/2017-04-11/lawyer-responds-to-veto-of-solitary-confinement-limits Marisa Demarco