Level 6 of New Mexico's state penitentiary in Santa Fe is a dense complex of prison cells, stacked tight. As the gate opens, men's faces press against narrow glass windows. They spend 23 hours a ...

We were in cell block 4 of the “Old Main” Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM), where in 1980 one of the most violent prison riots in American history erupted. ADVERTISEMENT In this part of the ...

The sound of *** slamming cell door startles me ... Seven news Decades after the deadly prison riots at the New Mexico State Penitentiary, could old souls still be doing time?

The New Mexico Corrections Department did not directly comment on the pending lawsuit but argues that the term "solitary confinement" does not exist within the system. A spokesper ...

The New Mexico Prison and Jail Project (NMPJP) supports getting rid of privately run prisons. However, the group warns as the state takes over, conditions inside state prisons might not improve.

O'Shay Toney and GuJuan Fusilier, two of the three men held in the Penitentiary of New Mexico ... barren cells for 23 hours per day or more as supposed punishment for violating prison rules ...

A solitary confinement cell known all as “the bing,” at New York’s Rikers Island jail on Jan. 28, 2016. (Bebeto Matthews/AP) (CN) — Prisoners in a New Mexico penitentiary filed ... suicide attempts ...