The Second Chances Resource Library contains resources related to expanding release opportunities
for people in prison who are serving long sentences or have other circumstances warranting release
This article describes the story of Michael B. Brown, who has been incarcerated since he was 16, and details a proposed bill to ban juvenile life without parole in New Mexico.
This article describes the story of John Gamble, who is one of about three dozen New Mexicans currently incarcerated for 30 years or more for crimes they committed under the age of 18, and discusses the broader issue of kids serving decades behind bars.
This article details a proposed bill which would ban life without parole for juveniles sentenced as adults and create early parole for those serving long adult sentences for crimes committed as children.
This article describes the story of Michael Brown, who is one of 75 people in New Mexico serving a long adult sentence for crimes committed as children. The article also details a proposed bill to ban juvenile life without parole and to create early parole for those serving long adult sentences for crimes committed as children.
This article is about New Mexico Senate Bill 43, which seeks to prohibit imposing life sentences without parole on a child and to make children sentenced as adults eligible for parole after serving 15 years. The article includes the story of Michael Brown, who is one of 75 people in New Mexico serving a long adult sentence for crimes committed as children.
This article discuses New Mexico’s practice of sentencing children to serve life and long sentences, as well as data showing that children of color are disproportionately serving these sentences.
This article discusses changes to parole in New Mexico, including legislation that would have banned juvenile life without parole and created early parole for those serving long adult sentences for crimes committed as children. The article highlights a new rule adopted by the New Mexico Parole Board that requires a more individualized, thorough exploration of how someone has or hasn’t changed while in prison—with far less focus on the circumstances of a decades-old crime—when deciding on release. The article also tells the story of Shane Lasiter, who was recently paroled after spending 40 years incarcerated for a crime committed as a child.
This is an op-ed in support of Senate Bill 247 which would ban juvenile life without parole in New Mexico and create early parole for those serving long adult sentences for crimes committed as children. The article was written by Carissa McGee who details her experience of being tried as an adult and sentenced to 21 years when she was 16.
This is an op-ed signed by a group of people whom have lost loved ones to youth violence, in support of New Mexico’s Senate Bill 43 which would ban juvenile life without parole and create early parole for those serving long adult sentences for crimes committed as children
This letter to the editor from the New Mexico Pediatric Society is in support of New Mexico Senate Bill 43 which would ban juvenile life without parole and create early parole for those serving long adult sentences for crimes committed as children in New Mexico.