There are many factors that caused the New Mexico prison riot. The inmates talked about how when deputy warden, Rodriguez was there everything was going well, then when Rodriguez was transferred everything went downhill and got worse. This is when everything started. Inmates complained about how the conditions became unbearable. They talked about how the prison became too crowded, the food was bad, programs were taking away and the guards would treat the inmates like crap. “The administration the replaced Rodriguez’s sharply reduced the number or programs in the prison and stopped community- contact programs entirely” (Useem, 1985: 681). This was a big change for the inmates because they didn’t have anything to look forward to or make them
