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• NM lawmakers mull ditching private prisons

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  The priorities of private corrections companies — to make money housing inmates — don’t match the state’s, Rep. Bill McCamley said

• Ex-inmate finds no evidence officials poisoned prisoners, sold organs

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  Former inmate Samuel P. Chavez failed to find evidence at Old Main penitentiary that would prove officials poisoned inmates years ago and sold their organs and blood

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• NM DOC to shuffle prisoners, consolidate sex offenders

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  Crowding at the state’s only prison for women is the reason behind the changes

• Corrections secretary warns of dangers from NM correctional officer shortage

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  Secretary Gregg Marcantel told the Legislative Finance Committee that vacancy rates for corrections officers at three state prisons are running more than 40 percent

• NM jail workers on leave after using tear gas, TASER to subdue inmate

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  Several jail employees, including four supervisors, have been put on paid leave while Bernalillo County authorities investigate the use of tear gas and a Taser to restrain an inmate

• NM correctional officer runs over co-worker during morning run

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  The Torrance County Sheriff's Office is investigating what led to a corrections guard being run over and killed.

• NM correctional officer hits, kills co-worker with car

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  The victim was identified as Melvin Sharpe, an officer at Torrance County Detention Center

• Veteran correctional officer gives advice to rookie NM officers

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  CO Keith Pallesen gives much needed advice to new cadets on how to treat inmates as a Corrections Officer on this clip from an episode of 'Behind Bars: Rookie Year.'

• Lawsuit: Inmate denied treatment after suffering in hot vehicle

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  The lawsuit filed in state court by Isaha Casias describes a scene of panic among inmates inside an enclosed, crowded vehicle parked outside the state penitentiary in Santa Fe two years ago

• Correctional officer shortage taking a toll on NM prison staff

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  Deputy Corrections Secretary Mark Myers says the department cannot keep "running officers into the ground"

• NM prison inmates use artwork to give back

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  Inmates make hand-made patio furniture, custom cedar chests, paintings, even chile roasters and barbecue grills

• NM DOC sued over treatment of workers

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  Allegedly discriminated against workers over age 40 in various ways, such matters as promotions, job assignments and conditions of employment

• 3rd NM DOC worker files whistleblower suit over prison system's GED program

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  Two other employees made similar allegations earlier this year

• First female NM corrections captain dies at home

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  Marcella Armijo was the first woman to attain the rank of captain in the New Mexico Department of Corrections

• Successful show about NM rookie COs pays off in higher recruitment

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  Has had incredibly successful ratings and clocks in at 1.2 million viewers each week

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