SOCORRO, N.M. – A man was awarded a $2 million settlement in federal court because of how he was treated inside the Socorro County Detention Center. Jessie Chavez suffers from severe mental illness.

SOCORRO, N.M. — Socorro County Detention Center is being accused of abusing an inmate who was held in solitary confinement. Steven Allen, director of the New Mexico Prison and Jail Project ...

SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A former inmate is getting a multi-million-dollar payout after he said he was held in a New Mexico county jail cell for days without food and water. Jessie Chavez ...

Socorro County has agreed to pay $2 million to settle ... received no treatment while in the facility — according to the New Mexico Prison and Jail Project, which represented him.

SOCORRO, New Mexico (KOAT) — Socorro County Detention Center is being accused of abusing an inmate who was held in solitary confinement. Steven Allen, director of the New Mexico Prison and Jail ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Socorro County in 2022 was arrested during a law enforcement operation in Albuquerque Monday. Agents with the New Mexico ...

LUNA COUNTY ... over his ranch until President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Johnson says he would like to see an even greater Border Patrol presence along New Mexico’s border ...

A fire started in Northern Socorro County Tuesday and has burned 97 acres. Fire crews are continuing to secure and establish ...