August 26, Topics and Resources
Watch New Mexico In Focus Fridays at 7:00pm on Ch. 5.1.
1) DOJ to stop using private prisons
Feds End Use of Private Prisons, but Questions Remain
Justice Department Seeks to End Use of Private Prisons
Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons
2) Governor Martinez to pursue death penalty during 2017 session
Where the Death Penalty Still Lives
Poll: NM voters support bringing back the death penalty
Martinez to pursue death penalty during 2017 legislative session
3) Video released of police making arrest at syringe exchange van
Video: Albuquerque police storm syringe exchange, make arrests
Arrests at syringe exchange spotlight APD tactics
The San Luis Valley’s controversial needle exchange idea