Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) –New Mexico state Sen. Linda Trujillo wants to adopt a more rehabilitative model for incarcerating and treating young people who are accused of crimes. Currently, New Mexico holds those awaiting trial in four county-run youth detention centers in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Farmington and Roswell. With only four in the state, often young offenders are transported miles away from supportive family members. Trujillo said she wants to see the state government start building small, non-institutional youth detention facilities close to home. The facilities Trujillo is proposing would have the same security measures any detention center would, but would hold smaller numbers of children and be built to not “look so institutional.”
