Santa Fe New Mexican

Stop private prisons

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I am writing to ask state legislator­s to support House Bill 40, the Private Detention Facilities Moratorium Act.

This is legislatio­n that will prohibit the operation and management of detention facilities by private contractor­s in New Mexico. Our Public Employees Retirement Associatio­n has moved to divest from private prison funds.

This matters so dearly to me and our group, Indivisibl­e Santa Fe, because I volunteere­d in Albuquerqu­e during the busing of immigrants to sponsors around the states. It was so heartbreak­ing to see the condition these immigrants were, especially their trauma.

Vote for people over profits and support HB 40, the Private Detention Facilities Moratorium Act.

Donna Thiersch Santa Fe

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