Justice Reinvestment in New Mexico: Overview
This overview outlines several criminal justice challenges in New Mexico, including high crime rates and overdose death rates, a growing prison population, and an increase in the reincarceration rate, and provides a summary of the stages of the Justice Reinvestment process.
December 2018 | The Council of State Governments Justice Center
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