Section 33-1-17 – Private contract.
A. The corrections department may contract for the operation of any adult female facility or for housing adult female inmates in a private facility with a person or entity in the business of providing correctional or jail services to government entities. B. The corrections department may contract with a person or entity in the business […]
Section 33-1-18 – Funds created.
There are created in the state treasury special funds to be known as the “corrections department building fund”, the “Guadalupe county prison fund” and the “New Mexico prison fund”. The funds shall consist of money appropriated by the legislature, from year to year, from the income of the permanent fund and land income of which […]
Section 33-1-19 – Use of funds.
A. The funds created in or pursuant to Section 33-1-18 NMSA 1978 shall be used by the corrections department or the board of finance for the purpose of acquiring, designing, constructing or equipping, by lease or lease-purchase, or by financing the ownership by the corrections department through the issuance of bonds or other obligations by […]
Section 33-1-20 – Transfers authorized.
Division transfers are specifically authorized for the administrative services division and the personnel and training division of the corrections department for purposes necessitated by the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 [33-1-18, 33-1-19 NMSA 1978] of this act. Such transfers shall not be restricted by the four-percent limitation on division transfers as set forth in […]
Section 33-1-21 – Corrections department required to accept and redispense unused prescriptions; conditions of acceptance and redispensing.
A. A pharmacy operated by the corrections department or under contract with the department shall accept for the purpose of redispensing a prescription drug that has been dispensed and has left the control of the pharmacist if the prescription drug is being returned by a corrections facility that has a registered professional nurse or a […]
Section 33-1-22 – Correctional facilities; care coordination.
A. A correctional facility shall ensure that each inmate of that correctional facility is screened for mental illness and for habitual substance abuse within thirty days of incarceration in that facility. B. A correctional facility shall offer a qualifying inmate the opportunity to enroll in medicaid in accordance with the provisions of Section 27-2-12.22 NMSA […]
Section 33-1-23 – Correctional facilities; breastfeeding and lactation policies.
A. By January 1, 2020, every correctional facility that houses female inmates shall develop and implement a breastfeeding and lactation policy for lactating female inmates that is based on current accepted best practices. The policy shall include provisions for: (1) human milk expression with access to an electric breast pump, milk storage and transport or […]
Section 33-1-4.2 – Restraints on pregnant prisoners.
A. An adult or juvenile correctional facility, detention center or local jail shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary when the facility has actual or constructive knowledge that an inmate is in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. No restraints of any kind shall be used on an inmate who is in labor, delivering […]
Section 33-1-5 – Director of corrections; employment.
The administrative head of the division is the “director of corrections” who shall be employed by the secretary of the criminal justice department [secretary of corrections] to serve at the pleasure of the secretary of the criminal justice department [secretary of corrections]. The director shall possess a degree from an accredited university and a minimum […]
Section 33-1-6 – Powers and duties of secretary.
The secretary of corrections and criminal rehabilitation [secretary of corrections] shall: A. employ administrative, professional and clerical personnel in accordance with the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978] as necessary to carry out the work of the corrections and criminal rehabilitation department [corrections department]; B. adopt rules and regulations necessary for administration of […]