Torrance County Detention Facility
Coverage of Torrance County Detention Facility in the Nexus archive.
- A New Mexico town is running dry. An immigration detention center is its biggest water customer.
Estancia, New Mexico, faces a water emergency as drought depletes wells, prompting reduced water sales to the Torrance County Detention Facility, its largest commercial customer. The town is hauling water and planning to drill a new well, while residents and officials express frustration over delays and governance issues.
- Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit
A U.S. judge sanctioned private prison company CoreCivic for destroying video evidence in a wrongful death lawsuit involving Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian asylum-seeker who died by suicide in ICE custody. The sanction, the first of its kind against a private prison corporation, led to an undisclosed settlement with Vial’s family, marking a rare accountability measure for evidence destruction in immigration detention cases.