From 1975 to 1978 , Anaya served as New Mexico Attorney General under Governor Jerry Apodaca . One example of his service as Attorney General was his investigation of the upward curve in the level of drugs in the Penitentiary of New Mexico after 1972 . In 1975 Anaya 's investigation found that some staff members at the Penitentiary not only overlooked drug trafficking but were actually involved in it . The trafficking involved both street drugs , such as heroin , and drugs pilfered from the prison 's pharmacy . The 1975 Attorney General investigation reported very loose controls on pharmacy drugs : '' " Inventory controls for hospital drugs are totally inadequate or nonexistent .... There is no way under the existing practices to protect against large scale pilfering of drugs . " ( Officer of the Attorney General 1975:3 and 22 ) '' '' Correctional Officer Supervisor : " Basically the way we controlled the institution was the drugs . Any time we had a problem with an inmate , we 'd call the hospital and he was given drugs .... We had Darvons that were given out by the tons , I mean we gave everybody Darvons .... We controlled the whole inmate population under Felix Rodriguez when he was warden February 1970 to September 1975 with drugs . And it worked ! ... We had a lot of zombies in that place . " '' Anaya 's 27-page report of September 20 , 1975 , not only found brisk traffic in heroin , cocaine , cash and liquor in the penitentiary , it reported that sides of beef had been regularly diverted from the prison kitchen loading docks into the pickup trucks of certain favored correctional officers . Anaya expected his report to go to a grand jury to make indictments and Governor Apodaca said outright that Rodriguez would be fired . Rodriguez defended himself by announcing that the sides of beef being offered to officers were " nothing new " in the prison system and claimed that he had simply been trying to stem the flow of contraband . Even though a governor 's aide told the press that there was sufficient evidence to fire Rodriguez , Rodriguez reportedly told the governor he had " no knowledge of some of the things Herrera his Deputy Warden was doing . " On September 24 , four days after the report 's release , Deputy Warden Harrera was fired , but Rodriguez was exonerated by the Corrections Commission and hired by the Corrections Secretary to the state director of adult institutions . Anaya 's files on the penitentiary were neatly locked away . Prison officials similarly ignored some thirteen grand jury reports from 1971 to 1980 detailing major problems at the pen and calling for special audits and investigations . Like the incriminating Attorney General 's report , the grand jury warnings were filed away . Governor Apodaca could not believe the coercion between the Corrections Commission and other correction officials who excused Rodriguez for using drugs to manage the prisoners and distributing state property to his loyal officers while he was warden . Anaya engaged in two efforts to curb corruption and attempt to bring correction to the failing prison system . The first was his nine-month investigation of the New Mexico Penitentiary administration , resulting in a 27-page report documenting improper and unprofessional conduct during Rodriguez 's wardenship in 1975 . The second was when he and Assistant Attorney General Michael Francke , along with the inmates ' attorney , signed a consent order in the New Mexico U.S. District Court compelling the penitentiary of New Mexico to improve classification practices , stop illegal disciplinary procedures , reduce overcrowding and significantly improve food ( '' without mice droppings and cockroaches '' ) , water supply ( '' so water does not come up in the sink when the toilet is flushed '' ) , plumbing , heating , ventilation and electrical wiring . Ordered by District Judge Edwin Felter , the decree was largely ignored and unenforced for more than three and a half years prior to the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
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