Posted inAlbuquerque, Crime & Courts, Housing & Homelessness, NM State Gov.

Advocates say housing, not harsher criminal penalties, will reduce crime

Albuquerque’s crime problems improve when affordable housing is addressed, not by instituting more severe penalties and longer jail sentences for offenders. That was the message a coalition of community advocates delivered to lawmakers during a virtual news conference held ahead of the New Mexico Legislature’s 30-day session which convened in Santa Fe today. Members of […]