Two New Mexico women who authorities say starved, beat and shackled their children did not object and were sentenced to prison Thursday, prosecutors said.
Jayme Kushman was sentenced to 15 years and Jaime Sena was sentenced to six in prison, the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Both were arrested in August, after the New Mexico State Police saying that he and a child and family services worker found unsanitary conditions and signs of abuse at the Texico home where they lived with six children.
Some of the children described being starved, beaten and chained, state police said.
A no contest plea is not a guilty plea, but results in a conviction.
Kushman pleaded no contest to five counts of child abuse and Sena pleaded no contest to three counts of child abuse, the district attorney’s office said.
A third woman, Lora Melancon, was also charged and is expected to plead guilty Monday to two counts of child abuse, the district attorney said.
Attorneys for Kushman and Sena did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Saturday.
Texico is a city of about 1,000 people in eastern New Mexico, near the Texas border.
