Section 31-21-25.1 – Parole board; additional powers and duties; medical and geriatric parole program.
A. The parole board shall: (1) establish rules and implement a “medical and geriatric parole program”, in cooperation with the corrections department, by December 31, 1994; (2) determine the appropriate level of supervision following parole and develop a comprehensive discharge plan for geriatric, permanently incapacitated and terminally ill inmates released under the medical and geriatric […]
Section 31-21-26 – Transitional provisions.
A. The records, property, equipment and unencumbered and unexpended funds previously belonging to or appropriated for the use of the former parole hearing board shall become, on the effective date of the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978], a part of the property of the parole board. B. The provisions of the Parole […]
Section 31-21-13.1 – Intensive supervision programs.
A. As used in this section, “intensive supervision programs” means programs that provide highly structured and intense supervision, with stringent reporting requirements, of certain individuals who represent an excessively high assessment of risk of violation of probation or parole, emphasize meaningful rehabilitative activities and reasonable alternatives without seriously increasing the risk of recidivist crime and […]
Section 31-21-14 – Return of parole violator.
A. At any time during release on parole the board or the director may issue a warrant for the arrest of the released prisoner for violation of any of the conditions of release, or issue a notice to appear to answer a charge of violation. The notice shall be served personally upon the prisoner. The […]
Section 31-21-15 – Return of probation violator.
A. At any time during probation: (1) the court may issue a warrant for the arrest of a probationer for violation of any of the conditions of release. The warrant shall authorize the return of the probationer to the custody of the court or to any suitable detention facility designated by the court; (2) the […]
Section 31-21-16 – Repealed.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 — Laws 1977, ch. 216, § 17, repealed 41-17-30 1953 Comp.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 […]