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In this Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 photo Joleen Valencia, who was held past her scheduled parole date while serving a drug-trafficking sentence, poses for a photo at The Pavilions, a residential re-entry program in Los Lunas, N.M., where she received treatment after her release from prison. New Mexico prison records show the state has held hundreds of inmates, like Valencia, past their projected parole dates under a practice widely known as “in-house parole.” (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

Hundreds of New Mexico inmates held past parole date

By MARY HUDETZ - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 photo Joleen Valencia, who was held past her scheduled parole date while serving a drug-trafficking sentence, poses for a photo at The Pavilions, a residential re-entry program in Los Lunas, N.M., where she received treatment after her release from prison. New Mexico prison records show the state has held hundreds of inmates, like Valencia, past their projected parole dates under a practice widely known as “in-house parole.” (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

New Mexico holds hundreds of inmates past their release date

By MARY HUDETZ - Associated Press