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Kesley’s Legacy: Why No Detention is Safe
After three long years of litigation, the private prison company CoreCivic paid a settlement to the wrongful death estate of Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian asylum seeker who died by suicide while in ICE custody at the Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) in Estancia, New Mexico, in August of 2022.
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Oct 17, 2017
Smoke, Mirrors and Very High Profits: For the bail bond industry, crime often pays
The only thing the bail industry protects is its bottom line. Bringing in about $2 billion a year nationally, its wealth and political influence is vast.
By Paul Haidle
Sep 28, 2017
Albuquerque Police Department’s Preparation for Black Lives Matter Event was Alarmist and Biased
On Friday, September 22, a group of several hundred people in Albuquerque peacefully marched downtown to protest police brutality against people of color in America. Though the event was planned well in advance, the timing couldn’t have been more appropriate. Just a few days earlier, yet another a white police officer was acquitted in the killing of a black motorist in St. Louis. When Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists protested the acquittal, St. Louis police in riot gear forcibly dispersed the protesters while mocking them with chants of, “Whose streets? Our streets!”—a co-opting of an iconic BLM slogan that emerged out the Ferguson protests three years earlier.
By Micah McCoy
Sep 26, 2017
From The Desk of Executive Director Peter Simonson: No One Is Above the Law
In a democracy, one of the indispensable principles is the notion that no person is above the law. This precept is the great stabilizer of nations and provides the foundation for rule of law in the land. When all people are held accountable to the same set of rules, abuse and tyranny are minimized and even the least powerful among us have access to justice.
Sep 26, 2017
Frontline Pharmacy
The ACLU’s Fight to Protect Reproductive Rights Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Sep 26, 2017
Robby Heckman: Using Archaeology to Fight for Police Reform
Robby Heckman, like many ACLU volunteers, experienced something in his personal life that shook him to the core and drove him to action.
By Paul Haidle
Sep 26, 2017
How One Survivor Is Helping To Heal Society’s Wounds
We must put an end to the domestic violence crises that deprives victims of their fundamental ability to live with dignity, but the solutions currently in place are not working.Tanya Romero of Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families talks about how we can make lasting transformative change.
By Katie Hoeppner
Sep 26, 2017
Lives in the Balance
Trump’s Deportation Machine Sets Its Sights on New Mexico
By Katie Hoeppner
Sep 22, 2017
Photo Essay: Changing the conversation around incarceration through art
We partnered with local artist Eric Martinez and Warehouse 508 to bring renowned muralist Emanuel Martinez to Albuquerque to paint in 508 Mural Fest. Both formerly-incarcerated artists collaborate on a mural that seeks to reduce the negative stigma around incarceration and inspire hope for change .
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