Section 33-16-6 – Private correctional facilities; anticorruption and reporting.
Every three months, every private correctional facility shall submit to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the private correctional facility is located and to the legislature a report of all monetary settlements that were paid to inmates, former inmates or inmates’ estates as a result of lawsuits filed by the inmates, […]
Section 33-16-7 – Reports filed with legislative library.
On the date that a report is submitted to a board of county commissioners pursuant to Section 5 [33-16-5 NMSA 1978] or 6 [33-16-6 NMSA 1978] of the Restricted Housing Act, a copy of the report shall be submitted electronically to the legislative council service library. History: Laws 2019, ch. 194, § 7. ANNOTATIONS Effective […]
Section 33-16-2 – Definitions.
As used in the Restricted Housing Act: A. “correctional facility” means a jail, prison or other detention facility that is used for the confinement of adult or juvenile persons, whether operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state or a private contractor on behalf of the state or a political subdivision of […]
Section 33-16-3 – Restrictions on the use of restricted housing.
A. An inmate who is younger than eighteen years of age shall not be placed in restricted housing. B. An inmate who is known to be pregnant shall not be placed in restricted housing. History: Laws 2019, ch. 194, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 194, § 8 made Laws 2019, ch. […]
Section 33-16-4 – Restrictions on the use of restricted housing; inmate with serious mental disability.
A. An inmate with a serious mental disability shall not be placed in restricted housing; provided that: (1) the inmate is: (a) known by the correctional facility to have been diagnosed by a qualified health care professional as having a serious mental disability; or (b) clearly exhibiting self-injurious behavior, grossly abnormal and irrational behaviors, delusions […]
Section 33-16-5 – Correctional facilities; transparency and reporting.
A. Every three months, every correctional facility shall: (1) produce a report that includes: (a) the age, gender and ethnicity of every inmate who was placed in restricted housing during the previous three months, including every inmate who is in restricted housing at the time the report is produced; (b) the reason restricted housing was […]
Section 33-14-1 – Contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunications services in a correctional facility or jail; conditions.
A. A contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunications services in a correctional facility or jail shall be negotiated and awarded to an entity that meets the correctional facility’s or jail’s technical and functional requirements for services, and that provides the lowest cost of service to inmates or any person who pays for inmate […]
Section 33-15-1 – Short title.
This act [33-15-1 to 33-15-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Privately Operated Correctional Facilities Oversight Act”. History: Laws 2001, ch. 169, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2001, ch. 169, § 5 made the Privately Operated Correctional Facilities Oversight Act effective July 1, 2001.
Section 33-15-2 – Definitions.
As used in the Privately Operated Correctional Facilities Oversight Act: A. “out-of-state inmate” means a person incarcerated in a privately operated correctional facility within this state who is being incarcerated on behalf of a state other than New Mexico or a governmental entity whose jurisdiction is outside the state of New Mexico. “Out-of-state inmate” does […]
Section 33-15-3 – Incarceration of out-of-state inmates in privately operated correctional facilities; minimum standards; secretary’s authority to adopt rules.
A. A privately operated correctional facility shall have statutory authority, other than this section, in order to operate or house inmates. In addition to satisfying requirements set forth in a statute other than this section, a privately operated correctional facility shall meet the following minimum standards before housing ten or more out-of-state inmates: (1) all […]