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 31-21-12 – Conditional release.
A. Any prisoner who is released by authority of the governor under any conditional release or other disposition made under the pardoning power, other than full pardon, shall, upon release, be deemed as released on parole until the expiration of the basic term or terms of imprisonment for which he was sentenced and until the […]
Section 31-21-13 – Information from prison officials.
It shall be the duty of all prison officials to grant to the members of the board, or its properly accredited representatives, access at all reasonable times to any prisoner over whom the board has jurisdiction under this act [31-21-3 to 31-21-19 NMSA 1978], to provide for the board or such representatives facilities for communicating […]
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 […]
Section 31-21-8 – Director to administer interstate compacts relating to convicts on probation and parole.
The director is the administrator of interstate compacts relating to convicts on probation and parole. History: 1953 Comp., § 41-17-21.1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 33, § 1; 1977, ch. 257, § 57. ANNOTATIONS Law reviews. — For note, “Due Process, Equal Protection and the New Mexico Parole System,” see 2 N.M.L. Rev. 234 (1972).
Section 31-21-9 – Presentence and prerelease investigations.
A. Upon the order of any district or magistrate court, the director shall prepare a presentence report which shall include such information as the court may request. B. Upon the order of any district court the director shall prepare a prerelease report which the court shall use to determine the accused’s qualifications for bail. The […]
Section 31-21-10 – Parole authority and procedure.
A. An inmate of an institution who was sentenced to life imprisonment becomes eligible for a parole hearing after the inmate has served thirty years of the sentence. Before ordering the parole of an inmate sentenced to life imprisonment, the board shall: (1) interview the inmate at the institution where the inmate is committed; (2) […]