Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico sent a letter to Governor Lujan Grisham urging her to implement a series of recommendations to quell the surge of coronavirus cases in New Mexico jails and prisons.

Today, the ACLU, the New Mexico Law Offices of the Public Defender (LOPD), and the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (NMCDLA) filed an emergency petition asking the New Mexico Supreme Court to immediately reduce the number of people in New Mexico jails and prisons.

Today, The ACLU of New Mexico announced that it successfully petitioned the First Judicial District Court to release Yesenia Evans, who was held on a non-serious probation violation and suffers from a rare autoimmune disease, from the Santa Fe County Jail.

Today, ACLU-NM filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the First Judicial District Court, demanding the release of a woman held in Santa Fe County Jail on a non-serious probation violation. Yesenia Evans suffers from systemic sclerosis, making her especially vulnerable to COVID-19.