Six people who were held at the Doña Ana County Detention Center (DACDC) filed a lawsuit today seeking to end the jail's practice of conducting violent, unwarranted paramilitary training operations on incarcerated people.

As a result of a settlement approved by a federal district court Monday, incarcerated people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in the custody of the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) will now be able to continue taking buprenorphine, a medication for opioid use disorder.

Today the ACLU-NM and law firm Hall Monagle Huffman & Wallace, LLC filed a lawsuit in the First Judicial District Court on behalf of their client, Nickolas Milligan, who was brutally attacked while in custody at CNMCF in Los Lunas, NM.

ACLU-NM on behalf of Disability Rights New Mexico today filed a lawsuit against Corrections Secretary Alisha Tafoya Lucero, NMCD Health Services Administrator Wenscelaus Asonganyi, and NMCD to ensure incarcerated people with OUD are continued on their medication.

As the 2022 legislative session comes to a close, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico commends partner organizations, advocates and many legislators for their work advancing civil liberties in New Mexico.

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is calling on lawmakers to pass SB 43, the Second Chance Bill, without amendments.

On Monday, January 24, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham authorized the Second Chance Bill, SB 43, to be added to the agenda of the 30-day budget session. The ACLU of NM is now calling on legislators to pass it.

The ACLU of New Mexico and the Law Offices of the Public Defender received a court victory for Michael Brown, one of the first New Mexico children to be sentenced under the state’s legal crackdown on young offenders.

The ACLU of New Mexico and the Law Office of Ryan J. Villa filed an emergency motion in a lawsuit against NMCD on behalf of their client to ensure she is provided her prescribed medication for addiction treatment.