Section 31-21-16 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1977, ch. 216, § 17, repealed 41-17-30 1953 Comp. (31-21-16 NMSA 1978), relating to discharge of prisoner or parolee.
Section 31-21-17 – Executive clemency; investigation and reports.
On request of the governor the board shall investigate and report to him with respect to any case of pardon, commutation of sentence or reprieve. History: 1953 Comp., § 41-17-31, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 232, § 20. ANNOTATIONS Law reviews. — For note, “Due Process, Equal Protection and the New Mexico Parole System,” see […]
Section 31-21-17.1 – Administration by department.
The corrections department shall identify geriatric, permanently incapacitated and terminally ill inmates eligible for geriatric or medical parole based on rules established by the board. The department shall forward an application and documentation in support of parole eligibility to the board within thirty days of receipt of an application from an inmate. The documentation shall […]
Section 31-21-18 – Application to persons now on probation or parole.
The provisions of the Probation and Parole Act [31-21-3 NMSA 1978] apply to all persons who, at the effective date, are on probation or parole, or eligible to be placed on probation or parole under existing laws, with the same effect as if the act had been in operation at the time they were placed […]
Section 31-21-19 – Participation of the United States and other states.
The board, in its discretion and with the written consent of the governor, may accept from the United States or any of its agencies, and from any state of the United States, advisory services, funds, equipment and supplies available to this state for any of the purposes contemplated by the Probation and Parole Act, and […]
Section 31-21-20 – Information from courts.
The director shall obtain from each district court statistical data regarding dispositions of all defendants, whether found guilty or discharged. History: 1953 Comp., § 41-17-35, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 301, § 16. ANNOTATIONS Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — The propriety of conditioning parole on defendant’s not entering specified geographical area, 54 […]
Section 31-21-21 – Conditions of probation.
The board shall adopt general regulations concerning the conditions of probation which apply in the absence of specific conditions imposed by the court. All probationers are subject to supervision of the board unless otherwise specifically ordered by the court in the particular case. Nothing in the Probation and Parole Act limits the authority of the […]
Section 31-21-5 – Definitions.
As used in the Probation and Parole Act: A. “probation” means the procedure under which an adult defendant, found guilty of a crime upon verdict or plea, is released by the court without imprisonment under a suspended or deferred sentence and subject to conditions; B. “parole” means the release to the community of an inmate […]
Section 31-21-6 – Protection of records.
All social records, including presentence reports, pre-parole reports and supervision histories, obtained by the board are privileged and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone other than the board, director, sentencing guidelines commission or sentencing judge, but authorities of the institution in which the prisoner is confined shall have access to all records […]
Section 31-21-7 – Duties of director.
The director shall: A. provide probation and parole services and supervise probationers and parolees; B. assign officers to serve in each judicial district. Selection and assignment of officers to each judicial district shall be made by the director; C. obtain office quarters for the staff in each district as necessary; D. assign the secretarial, bookkeeping […]