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Senior Program Manager
PJ Podesta.
PJ is a Senior Program Manager with Innovation Law Lab’s Legal Organizing team. He provides legal services to people detained by ICE, provides volunteer education and coordination, organizes freedom campaigns, and supports communications by people detained.
Featured Work
A closer examination.
Some issues deserve more than a brief discussion. This featured publication explores a significant legal topic through careful research, critical analysis, and practical perspective.
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New Mexico Passes Bill Outlawing State Complicity with ICE Detention
September 10, 2026The Governor of New Mexico signed a bill into law that makes it unlawful for local government entities to contract with ICE for the purpose of immigration detention.
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Harm at Torrance Revealed in Detention Oversight Records
September 10, 2026The Innovation Law Lab receives a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that uncovers the harm being done at the Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF).
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Torrance County Commission Denies Torturous Conditions, Moves to Extend ICE Contract
September 10, 2026Torrance County Commissioners voted to allow County Manager Janice Barela to extend the operation of the Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) as an ICE jail for four months.
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People in New Mexico Call for Investment in Dignity Not Detention
September 10, 2026The questions we’ve learned to ask about the role that detention centers play in the communities that surround them.
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Alerts from TCDF: Sewage Flood, Retaliatory Violence by Guards
September 10, 2026There has been an increasing amount of reports from individuals detained at TCDF regarding lack of drinking water, cold indoor temperatures, lack of clean clothes and laundry, inedible food, and denial of outdoor recreation time.