Monthly Archives: July 2026

TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): February 2-3, 1980 Sentencing Date: Various Current Status: Some perpetrators still incarcerated, others released FACILITY: Name: Penitentiary of New Mexico State: New Mexico Security Level: Maximum In the annals of American prison history, few events cast a shadow as dark as the New Mexico Prison Riot of 1980. Over a span of […]