Immigrants detained at Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico issued an open letter and announced a hunger strike to protest dangerous conditions and mistreatment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its private prison operator CoreCivic.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and Innovation Law Lab today released more than a hundred pages of documents, obtained through public records requests and litigation, show dangerous conditions and understaffing at the TCDF are much more pervasive than previously revealed.
The ACLU of New Mexico is calling for the immediate release of body camera footage of the fatal police encounter that led to the death of 27-year old Keshawn Thomas.
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today announced and signed an Executive Order that expands reproductive health care, including abortion.
On August 24, 2022, Kesley Vial, a young man from Brazil, died of a fatal suicide attempt that occurred on August 17 while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF).
The ACLU of New Mexico is calling for the immediate release of bodycam footage of the August 2 fatal shooting by the LCPD.