Section 33-3-4 – Inspection of jails and detention centers; report.
Each governing body of a county or municipality shall conduct an annual site visit to the jail or detention center under its jurisdiction to inspect the overall conditions at the facility. Following a site visit, an inspection report shall be presented at a regular meeting of the governing body. History: Laws 1865-1866, ch. 19, § […]
Section 33-3-5 – Cleanliness and feeding prisoners.
It shall be the duty of the sheriff, jail administrator or independent contractor of each jail of the several counties of this state to keep the jails of their respective counties clean and healthy, and they shall observe special care as to the personal cleanliness of all prisoners under their charge. History: Laws 1865-1866, ch. […]
Section 33-2-37 – Restoration of forfeited meritorious deductions.
A. Meritorious deductions forfeited pursuant to Section 33-2-36 NMSA 1978 may be restored in whole or in part to a prisoner who is exemplary in conduct and work performance for a period of not less than six months following the date of forfeiture. Meritorious deductions may be restored upon recommendation of the classification supervisor, approval […]
Section 33-2A-3 – Definitions.
As used in the Corrections Population Control Act: A. “commission” means the corrections population control commission; B. “female correctional facilities” means: (1) the women’s correctional facility, located in Grants; and (2) any other female correctional facility so designated by the corrections department; C. “male correctional facilities” means: (1) the penitentiary of New Mexico, located in […]
Section 33-2-38 – Computation of term.
A prisoner shall not be discharged from the penitentiary of New Mexico or any other correctional facility until he has served the full term for which he was sentenced. The term shall be computed from and include the day on which his sentence took effect and shall exclude any time the convict may have been […]
Section 33-2-39 – [Separate sentences construed as cumulative.]
Whenever any convict shall have been committed under several convictions with separate sentences, they shall be construed as one continuous sentence for the full length of all the sentences combined. History: Laws 1889, ch. 76, § 49; C.L. 1897, § 3538; Code 1915, § 5073; C.S. 1929, § 130-161; 1941 Comp., § 45-159; 1953 Comp., […]
Section 33-2-40 – [Imprisonment for nonpayment of fine or costs attached to prison sentence; maximum.]
All convicts sentenced to the state penitentiary who have a fine or costs or both attached to such sentence shall not be required to serve more than thirty days for such fine or costs. History: Laws 1913, ch. 50, § 2; Code 1915, § 5085; C.S. 1929, § 130-173; 1941 Comp., § 45-160; 1953 Comp., […]
Section 33-2-42 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 127, § 20, repealed 33-2-41 and 33-2-42 NMSA 1978, relating to the use of inmates for conservation and development work and the jurisdiction of the warden over discipline and control of prisoners, effective June 19, 1981.
Section 33-2-43 – Penitentiary inmate-release program; establishment.
The superintendent [warden] of the penitentiary of New Mexico may institute an inmate-release program and allow penitentiary inmates to attend school or to be employed in private business while under sentence of confinement in the penitentiary if: A. employment of a prisoner does not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts […]
Section 33-2-44 – Inmate-release program; standards for participation.
The superintendent [warden] may, under the inmate-release program and at the request of a prisoner, extend the limits of confinement beyond the penitentiary by authorizing the prisoner to work at paid employment in private business or in public employment, or to attend a school while continuing as a prisoner, if the prisoner: A. is a […]