Section 31-21-22 – Short title.
Sections 1 through 5 [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the “Parole Board Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 41-17-37, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 194, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Law reviews. — For note, “Due Process, Equal Protection and the New Mexico Parole System,” see 2 N.M.L. Rev. 234 (1972). […]
Section 31-21-23 – Purpose.
The purpose of the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978] is to create a professional parole board. History: 1953 Comp., § 41-17-38, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 194, § 2; 1999, ch. 202, § 2. ANNOTATIONS The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, deleted “full-time,” preceding “professional” and “salaried” preceding “parole board”.
Section 31-21-24 – Parole board; members; appointment; terms; qualifications; compensation; organization.
A. The “parole board” is created, consisting of fifteen members appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. B. The terms of the members of the parole board shall be six years. To provide for staggered terms, five members shall be appointed every two years. Members serve until their successors have been appointed […]
Section 31-21-25 – Powers and duties of the board.
A. The parole board shall have the powers and duties of the former state board of probation and parole pursuant to Sections 31-21-6 and 31-21-10 through 31-21-17 NMSA 1978 and such additional powers and duties relating to the parole of adults as are enumerated in this section. B. The parole board shall have the following […]
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 31-21-27 – Reentry drug court program for inmates; district court supervision.
A. The corrections department shall develop criteria regarding the eligibility of an inmate for early release into a reentry drug court program, including requirements that the inmate: (1) was incarcerated following conviction for a nonviolent, drug-related offense; and (2) is within eighteen months of release or eligibility for parole. B. The corrections department may petition […]
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 31-21-13.1 – 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 […]