Department of Corrections

They also say despite some low numbers around the state of inmates, they are having trouble hiring enough people to work in corrections.

The United Jails Task Force recommended against combing the state's jails and prisons but does have other suggestions regarding New Mexico's corrections system.

In the wake of a video related of brutal beating while guards just stood by at the Central New Mexico Corrections Facility in Los Lunas, lawmakers are considering new reform measures.

At a hearing in front of the Courts, Corrections, and Justice Committee lawmakers were told counties are bearing too much of the cost of running jails and its causing serious financial problems.

In a report by the Santa Fe New Mexican, Eric Harrison, a spokesman for the New Mexico Department of Corrections announced they have overhauled their…