A lawsuit filed in 2nd Judicial District Court in June alleges that two inmates at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center had their religious rights violated when they requested a kosher ...

MDC employees allege low morale, fear of retaliation, lack of accountability and an increase in preventable inmate deaths.

MDC spokesperson Candace Hopkins said 14 members, including at least one team leader, of the Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT) have resigned, leaving 22 officers on the team.

Messages pleading for care and medical treatment at MDC Brooklyn were revealed in a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government alleging the jail staff’s gross negligence caused a prisoner’s death on ...