Task force to review juvenile justice system in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Facets of New Mexico’s juvenile justice system will go under the microscope as part of a comprehensive review to be carried out by a special task force.
New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Barbara Vigil and officials with the state’s child welfare agency plan to launch the task force during a news conference in Albuquerque Thursday.
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