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Wallens Ridge abuse not evident, Perry says.
Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602
SANTA FE The controversy over private prisons in New Mexico may be changing from a regular-season rivalry to the Super Bowl of debates.
"In my mind every session's debate is going to focus on privatization. But this will certainly be the political football of the year," said Rep. Joe Mohorovic, a member of the Legislature's interim Courts, Corrections and Criminal Justice Committee.
During a four-hour meeting Monday, Corrections Secretary Rob Perry testified to the committee that the 129 inmates who were sent to the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap, Va., have been treated fairly and that complaints from …
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- Shotgun, not the warden, has the final say at Wallens Ridge.
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Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM)
September 3, 1999
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- More N.M. prisoners sent to Wallens Ridge.(Local News)
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Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM)
October 2, 1999
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- Prisoner files rights lawsuit over Va. transfer.
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Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM)
January 26, 2000
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- Prisoner sues over transfer to Virginia.(Local News)
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Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM)
January 27, 2000
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- Transferred prisoners' families fret about lack of contact.
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Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM)
September 10, 1999
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