Two years of probation for groping, three years of probation for rape. That appears to be the standard punishment for prison guards who sexually assault inmates at the state women’s prison in Cibola ...

After nearly 30 years behind bars, Jesse Tooker is set to start a new life. A state judge this week ordered the release of Tooker, a New Mexico prison inmate who has been at the center of a legal ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – From behind bars, a woman serving a 27-year prison sentence is set to get hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state. Story continues below A woman who made headlines back in ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Three inmates are facing federal charges after being accused of attacking a correction officer assisting ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Two New Mexico state prison inmates are suing the New Mexico Corrections Department, arguing that current policies amount to an unconstitutional ban on books and other reading ...

The man who kidnapped Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs and killed her parents got into a fight in a New Mexico prison with an inmate who asked about the case, showing how word of his crimes has spread and ...

LUNA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) — An inmate at the Luna County Detention Center has tested positive for measles, according to the ...

The U.S. District Court in New Mexico has ordered the state to allow its inmates to receive mailed editions of Prison Legal News while a censorship lawsuit filed by the publication's parent company is ...