Study: Despite decreasing crime, NM holds more people in its largest jail

Study: Despite decreasing crime, NM holds more people in its largest jail

On any given day last October, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center outside of Albuquerque held an average of 1,803 people, the highest figure since December 2014. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM)Over the last five years, while local jails in the United States have been holding fewer people, New Mexico’s largest jail has been detaining nearly one-third more people while they await their day in court. That’s according to a rece…