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ACLU Sues New Mexico Corrections Department and Western New Mexico Correctional Facility for Fostering an Environment Rife with Sexual Abuse

The of New Mexico filed a lawsuit in the First Judicial District Court against The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) and Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF) on behalf of an incarcerated woman who was sexually abused repeatedly by two correctional officers at WNMCF.
Issue Areas: Corrections Reform

ACLU of New Mexico Demands Release of Two Eritrean Men Detained for Months in Otero County Processing Center

CHAPARRAL, NM - Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico filed Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of two Eritrean men, Haben and Misanga,* who both fled unthinkable violence in their home country and sought asylum in the United States.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights