Inmates in isolation
(WorldNews Mexico)

During her four months as a social worker at the state penitentiary in Santa Fe, Thelonika McCollum found herself facing a personal crisis. After being told to falsify mental health evaluations for solitary confinement inmates and clashing with her supervisors over other practices she considered unethical, McCollum decided the best thing to do to resolve her moral dilemma and continue the career she found fulfilling was to quit her job. After serving nearly 20 years as a corrections officer, Ernie Garcia left his job at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Los Lunas in October. He quit over long hours and working conditions but, even though he worked at another facility and in a...