It’s quiet outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, a hulking facility of brick, cinderblock and glass nearly 20 miles west of Albuquerque. On a recent day, cattle graze near the jail’s parking lot and though the Sandia Speedway is just up the road, the tracks are silent. Even the air is fresh free of the […]
Inside the Metropolitan Detention Center near Albuquerque, allegations have piled up: trash lining the halls, inmates confined to their cells for days and medical staff struggling to keep up.