VIDA: Talking with Volunteers for Immigrants in Detention Albuquerque

Indivisible Santa Fe Radio by Donovan Kolby and Gary Kowalski

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As the 2026 special session of the New Mexico Legislature considers House Bill 9 that would keep privately run ICE prisons from contracting to do business with towns and counties in our state, Donovan and Gary take a look at the detention centers operating in Torrance and Cibola. Who are the prisoners there and why were they arrested? What are conditions like behind the bars and barbed wire? Kelly McCloskey of VIDA , who has been visiting detainees since 2019, shares firsthand information and insights into the harsh realties hidden behind these prison walls.

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