Section 33-3-23 – Confinement of prisoners committed by Indian government; cost.
A. Subject to the payment by the Indian tribe, band or pueblo or the United States of the fees established for the jail, the sheriff of each county, his deputy, jailer, jail administrator or independent contractor is required to receive any person committed to his custody in conformity with a regular process issued by or […]
Section 33-3-24 – Prisoner-release program.
The sheriff of any county or the jail administrator of any jail with the approval of the board of county commissioners and the governing body of the municipality, as applicable, may establish a prisoner-release program in accordance with the provisions of Sections 33-2-43 and 33-2-44 NMSA 1978. The labor and industrial commission shall exercise the […]
Section 33-3-25 – Local government corrections fund created; administration; distribution.
A. There is created in the state treasury the “local government corrections fund” to be administered by the administrative office of the courts. B. All balances in the local government corrections fund are appropriated to the administrative office of the courts for payment to counties for county jailer or juvenile detention officer training; for the […]
Section 33-3-13 – Prisoners waiting [awaiting] trial; confinement in county jail.
All persons charged with crime committed in the state, while awaiting indictment or trial on such charge, shall be incarcerated in the county jail of the county wherein such crime is alleged to have been committed or any facility operated by agreement between such counties or municipalities, except that such persons may be temporarily imprisoned […]
Section 33-3-14 – [Confinement in county other than in which crime committed; expense borne by county; exception.]
Whenever any person shall be imprisoned in any county other than the county in which the crime is alleged to have been committed, in violation of this chapter, the expense of such imprisonment shall be borne by the county in which such person is so imprisoned; provided, that whenever any prisoner shall be removed to […]
Section 33-3-15 – Transfer of prisoner to another county or the penitentiary for safekeeping; expense.
Whenever the public welfare or the safe custody of a prisoner shall require, any district judge in the state of New Mexico in his discretion may order any person charged with the commission of a crime, or any person in the custody of the sheriff of any county in the district of the said judge, […]
Section 33-3-6 – Food for prisoners.
The sheriffs, jail administrators or independent contractors of each county in the state shall supply with food the prisoners in their jails, and at all times all food so furnished shall be of a good and wholesome quality and sufficient in quantity for the proper maintenance of life. History: Laws 1891, ch. 57, § 1; […]
Section 33-3-7 – Record of prisoners; escapes.
It shall be the duty of the sheriffs, jail administrators or independent contractors of the various jails to keep a faithful and true statement of all the prisoners detained and under their charge. The statement shall set forth the name of each person committed to jail, stating his place of residence, the date of his […]
Section 33-3-8 – Rules for punishment.
The sheriffs, jail administrators or independent contractors in charge of the respective jails shall submit proposed rules and regulations which shall be effective upon being adopted by the local governing body or bodies responsible for the jail for the punishment of persons violating the rules of the jail. History: Laws 1865-1866, ch. 19, § 10; […]
Section 33-3-9 – County jails; deduction of time for good behavior.
A. The sheriff or jail administrator of any county, with the approval of the committing judge or presiding judge, may grant any person imprisoned in the county jail a deduction of time from the term of his sentence for good behavior and industry and shall establish rules for the accrual of “good time”. Deductions of […]