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Jun 15, 2020
Jun 15, 2020
Jun 02, 2020
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
ACLU Petitions for Release of Medically-Vulnerable Woman From Springer Correctional Center
Issue Areas:
Corrections Reform
May 04, 2020
Apr 20, 2020
Apr 14, 2020
Apr 14, 2020
ACLU, Defense Groups File Emergency Lawsuit Urging New Mexico Supreme Court to Protect the Lives of Incarcerated People and Surrounding Communities
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.
Issue Areas:
Corrections Reform
Apr 09, 2020
Apr 09, 2020
ACLU Client With Rare Autoimmune Disease Returns Home After Successful Petition Secures Her Release From Santa Fe County Jail
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.
Issue Areas:
Corrections Reform
Apr 08, 2020
Apr 08, 2020
Advocates Demand Immediate Action to Address Impending COVID-19 Crisis in New Mexico’s Immigrant Detention Centers
The ACLU of New Mexico, the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC), and the Santa Fe Dreamers Project (SFDP) demand action amid the emerging public health crisis in New Mexico’s three immigration detention centers.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants’ Rights
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