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In the New Mexico Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team’s 2025 Annual Report, the study looked at 26 cases of intimate partner violence in 2021 that resulted in death. It examines each incident and demographics, such as the relationship between the inmate partner pair and contact with services.

A new study from The University of New Mexico's Institute for Social Research shows Bernalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) is seeing an increase in its jail population.

A new study from The University of New Mexico’s Institute for Social Research shows nearly half of all people held in jail until their trial are not being convicted in Bernalillo County.

The University of New Mexico's Center for Applied Research and Analysis (CARA) is conducting a 22-year-long randomized controlled trial on a home visiting program within CommonSpirit St. Joseph's Children to study whether it's benefiting New Mexico families or not.

Research from The University of New Mexico shows people are less likely to go back to jail if they are taking methadone treatment or other substance use treatments behind bars.  

NMPBS invites the campus community and general public to a free premiere screening of Learning Wild, a New Mexico story featuring UNM alum and Furman University Professor Travis Perry. The screening will be held Saturday, Feb. 17 at the UNM Student Union...

This week, New Mexico in Focus looks back on some of the key stories of the last few months that will have lingering impacts around the state.  Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus speaks with Mario Atencio, whose family lives on the eastern Navajo...

The solution for crime reduction in New Mexico is not a simple mix of crime and punishment. It does not fall on the shoulders of just the courts, just police, or just the jails, to fix. That’s why a statewide, multi-organizational collaboration is...

With the 2020 General Election on the horizon, New Mexico is among many states looking at how to continue developing free, fair, safe and secure election processes. “The public must perceive that voting is easy and accessible, while at the same time...

The University of New Mexico will reopen both of the University’s golf courses, The UNM Championship Golf Course and the UNM North Golf Course, with limited operations on Saturday, May 2 following new guidelines issued by the New Mexico Department of...