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Sep 21, 2022

Newly Released Video Show NMCD Guards Looking on as Person in Custody Is Assaulted

Corrections Reform

Surveillance video from the Central New Mexico Corrections Facility in Los Lunas show guards standing by as an incarcerated man is brutally attacked, raising troubling concerns about the well-being of...

Surveillance video from the Central New Mexico Corrections Facility in Los Lunas show guards standing by as an incarcerated man is brutally attacked, raising troubling concerns about the well-being of...

A prison guard watches as a person is assaulted in CNMCF.
A prison guard watches as a person is assaulted in CNMCF.
Sep 16, 2022

A Look at History: Civil Liberties Are on the Ballot

Reproductive Freedom
Elections in 1968, 2000, and 2016 prompted significant rollbacks of civil liberties. We can’t repeat history in 2022.
Elections in 1968, 2000, and 2016 prompted significant rollbacks of civil liberties. We can’t repeat history in 2022.
Voting booths lined up at polling station during in a public school in Brooklyn, New York.
Voting booths lined up at polling station during in a public school in Brooklyn, New York.
Sep 1, 2022

Native Families' Right to Stay Together is at Stake at the Supreme Court

Indigenous Justice
The Indian Child Welfare Act — a law that protects Native children from forced removal from their families, tribes, and culture — is currently under attack.
The Indian Child Welfare Act — a law that protects Native children from forced removal from their families, tribes, and culture — is currently under attack.
Children from the Zuni Pueblo lead the U.S. pledge of allegiance in the Zuni language in the New Mexico state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M.
Children from the Zuni Pueblo lead the U.S. pledge of allegiance in the Zuni language in the New Mexico state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M.
Aug 26, 2022

The Nightmarish Loss of Workplace Privacy

As oppressive surveillance in the workplace becomes increasingly common, policymakers should push back.
As oppressive surveillance in the workplace becomes increasingly common, policymakers should push back.
The back of a woman who is working on a laptop.
The back of a woman who is working on a laptop.
Aug 8, 2022

'They Treat Us Like We're Animals:' Inside Torrance County's Troubled Detention Center

Immigrants’ Rights
People detained at the Torrance County Detention Facility describe unsanitary and decrepit conditions that they say make it the worst facility in the state
People detained at the Torrance County Detention Facility describe unsanitary and decrepit conditions that they say make it the worst facility in the state
A screenshot of surveillance video taken shortly before men detained at the Torrance County were pepper sprayed for engaging in a peaceful hunger strike protesting conditions at the facility. Surveillance and lapel video was obtained by NMILC and ACLU fro
A screenshot of surveillance video taken shortly before men detained at the Torrance County were pepper sprayed for engaging in a peaceful hunger strike protesting conditions at the facility. Surveillance and lapel video was obtained by NMILC and ACLU fro
Aug 4, 2022

Despite SCOTUS Ruling, the Biden Administration Can Prevent a Reversion to Trump's Deportation Machine

Immigrants’ Rights
While a memo from DHS Secretary Mayorkas is in legal limbo, the administration should still take action to protect immigrant communities.
While a memo from DHS Secretary Mayorkas is in legal limbo, the administration should still take action to protect immigrant communities.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, second from right, looks up along with U.S Border Patrol agents as a drone flies overhead as he tours a section of the border wall Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Hidalgo, Texas.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, second from right, looks up along with U.S Border Patrol agents as a drone flies overhead as he tours a section of the border wall Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Hidalgo, Texas.