The corrections division [corrections department] shall adopt such rules concerning all prisoners committed to the penitentiary as shall best accomplish their confinement and rehabilitation. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-1-1.1, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 149, § 1; 1977, ch. 257, § 62. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and […]
The corrections division [corrections department] shall make such rules and regulations for the government, discipline and police of the penitentiary, and for the punishment of the prisoners confined therein, not inconsistent with the law, as it may deem expedient, and until such regulations are made, the regulations now in force shall continue in force. The […]
A. The corrections department has the power and the duty to examine and inquire into all matters connected with the government, discipline and police of the corrections facilities and the punishment and treatment of the prisoners; the department, shall inspect the corrections facilities and listen to any complaints of oppression or misconduct on the part […]
The following persons are authorized to visit the penitentiary at pleasure: the governor, judges of the supreme court and the secretary of the criminal justice department [corrections department] or his duly authorized representative; and no other persons shall be permitted to go within the walls of the penitentiary where the convicts are confined except by […]
The secretary of corrections may promulgate rules and regulations providing for family visits between minimum or medium security inmates confined at state correctional facilities and their families. As used in this section: A. “family” means the inmate’s legal spouse, natural parents, adoptive parents, if the adoption occurred and a family relationship existed prior to the […]
A physician or a physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or certified nurse-midwife working within that person’s scope of practice, when visiting the penitentiary of New Mexico, shall conform to its rules and regulations. The physician or the physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or certified nurse-midwife working within that person’s scope of practice shall […]
The corrections division [corrections department] shall take precaution to protect the penitentiary and all property connected therewith against fire, as far as possible, and shall procure such conveniences and the standards and inspection bureau shall prescribe such rules as will enable the convicts to be evacuated in the shortest possible time and secure their safety […]
The employees of the penitentiary shall perform such duties in the charge and oversight of the penitentiary, care of the property belonging thereto, and in the custody, government, employment and discipline of the convicts as shall be required of them by the corrections division [corrections department] or the warden, in conformity with law and rules […]
When any prisoner shall be received into said penitentiary, the superintendent [warden] shall cause to be entered into a register the date of such admission, the name, age, nativity, nationality, with such other facts as can be ascertained of parentage, education, occupation, and early social influences as seem to indicate the constitutional and acquired defects […]
The superintendent [warden] shall keep, or cause to be kept, in suitable books, regular and complete accounts of all income, business and concerns of the penitentiary, a true account of all money received for labor, or from other sources, and shall turn over said moneys to the state treasurer to be placed to the credit […]
The superintendent [warden] shall collect all moneys due to the penitentiary, except appropriations from the state, and shall pay the same over to the state treasury, to be placed to the credit of the penitentiary convicts’ earning fund, taking a receipt for the same. History: Laws 1889, ch. 76, § 40; C.L. 1897, § 3529; […]
Convicts sentenced to the corrections department for life or any term for which they may be confined in a corrections facility by any court having jurisdiction to try causes under the laws of the United States, held within this state, shall be received into the corrections facility by the secretary of corrections or his designee […]
The penitentiary of New Mexico as herein established as a body politic and corporate, is hereby declared to be the same institution enumerated in Section 1 of Article XIV of the constitution of New Mexico, and the same institution which is one of the beneficiaries of the lands donated by the United States government to […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 127, § 20, repealed 33-2-20 through 33-2-25 NMSA 1978, relating to the performance of labor by prison inmates, effective June 19, 1981.
The corrections and criminal rehabilitation department [corrections department] may, by appropriate rules and regulations, establish and administer a plan for the payment of prisoners who perform useful services as prison labor. The payment shall be at a rate depending on the skill and efficiency of the prisoner. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-1-49.1, enacted by Laws […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 127, § 20, repealed 33-2-27 and 33-2-28 NMSA 1978, relating to payment of prisoners’ earnings, effective June 19, 1981.
In case of any pestilence or contagious sickness breaking out among the convicts, the corrections division [corrections department] may cause the convicts confined therein or any of them to be removed to some suitable place of security where such of them as may be sick shall receive necessary medical attention and such convicts must be […]
That nothing in this act contained is intended to alter or in any manner affect the validity of the commitment, imprisonment, parole or discharge of any and all prisoners now confined in said penitentiary, or in any way to alter the rules and regulations thereof, except as herein specifically provided. History: Laws 1939, ch. 55, […]
If a convict sentenced to the penitentiary resist the authority of any officer, or refuse to obey his lawful commands, it shall be the duty of such officer immediately to enforce obedience by the use of such weapons or other aid as may be effectual, and if in so doing, any convict thus resisting be […]
It shall be the duty of all the officers and other citizens of the state, by every means in their power, to suppress any insurrection, mutiny or disorder among convicts sentenced to the penitentiary and to prevent the escape or rescue of any such convicts therefrom, or from any other legal confinement, or from any […]
