The Line: Private Prisons In New Mexico

September 8, 2017 – Journalist Jeff Proctor reported recently for New Mexico in Depth that New Mexico has the highest percentage of inmates in private prisons in the United States:

Analysis: NM still tops in nation for reliance on private prisons

Host Gene Grant and this week’s Line opinion panelists debate issues around the use of private prisons this week.

Line Panelists:
Lonna Atkeson, UNM Political Science Department
Serge Martinez, professor, UNM School of Law
Julie Ann Grimm, editor, Santa Fe Reporter
Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy and McCarthy, LLP