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Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks

Lawmakers want transparency into costs paid by families, inmates

DATE: Apr 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan County announces new COVID-19 cases among offices, detention center

Jail reports 56 detainees with virus

DATE: Dec 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Durango burglar chooses prison over halfway house

Chad Nolan went on trespassing spree in summer 2019

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man accused of New Mexico murder is sentenced in La Plata County

Michael Iain Greer, 28, will serve three years in prison

DATE: Jul 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman who ran over cousin sentenced to prison

Katrina Baker, 28, blames alcohol for bad decisions

DATE: Dec 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court sides with Colorado supermax prison in censorship case

DENVER – A federal appeals court in Denver has ruled that officials at a supermax prison in Colorado sufficiently changed their policies and corrected their mistakes after refusing to distri...

DATE: Dec 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis calls for re-opening Cañon City prison as back-up to reform measures

Aim is to make facility an intake center to help expand treatment

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmakers eye drug sentencing reforms to ease projected prison population growth

People with drug charges make up the largest share of new admissions to prison

DATE: Jan 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Writing program helps inmates behind bars find their voice

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A nonprofit organization is helping inmates at jails across New Mexico express themselves through poetry, spoken word and journaling. Rachel Martinez tells t...

DATE: Aug 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Inmates face variety of fees while behind bars

Fees for phone calls, clothing, hygiene products can add up quickly

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Patchwork health care for reservation inmates raises concern

ALBUQUERQUE – At a tribal jail in Washington state, an inmate with a broken leg banged on his cell door, screaming for pain medication, only to be denied. Hundreds of miles away, ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hundreds of New Mexico inmates held past parole date

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Joleen Valencia had resisted the temptation to count her days to freedom. She had learned inside a New Mexico prison that tracking time only added to the anxie...

DATE: Jan 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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