from Taos UCC:

It's time to phase out the private prison industry in New Mexico. Please contact your legislator, your senator, and the governor about your support for HB 40.

HB 40 Private Detention Center Moratorium. Sponsored by Rep. Angelica Rubio and advanced by People Over Private Prisons New Mexico (POPP NM). This proposed legislation would prohibit the operation and management of a detention facility in New Mexico by a private contractor – it would make private incarceration illegal. No state or local government entity could enter into new contracts, renew, extend, or expand any existing agreements that now exist between private contractors and New Mexico government bodies. Nationally, and in New Mexico, the number of people incarcerated is declining. Despite this, private prison contractors continue to pursue incarceration for profit, while making false promises that state and local economies would benefit from privatization. With a history of serious and chronic violations in privately-run facilities, private prison corporations continue to advance their profiteering while failing to fix abundant documented problems. Given the financial and human costs of privatized detention, now made more acute by a global pandemic, it is time to end the costly business of private detention in New Mexico.

Please go to: People over Private Prisons NM at their website: poppnm.org to find emails and phone numbers for your NM legislators and the Governor. You can send emails with templates from this site, and can also sign up to receive updates on this legislation. It takes just a few minutes to advocate for a better New Mexico.

Thank you!

Pamela