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 33-16-3 – 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 33-16-1 – Short title.
This act [33-16-1 to 33-16-7 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Restricted Housing Act”. History: Laws 2019, ch. 194, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 194, § 8 made Laws 2019, ch. 194 effective July 1, 2019.
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 […]