NM Corrections Department must negotiate prison staff changes, labor board rules

NM Corrections Department must negotiate prison staff changes, labor board rules

A New Mexico Department of Corrections official walks toward the front entrance of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants in November 2021. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source New Mexico)New Mexico’s prison system must negotiate with the union representing prison guards before it makes any changes to their work schedule, the state’s labor board ruled last week. Under their labor contract with the state government, prison guards have…