Section 33-2-36 – Forfeiture of earned meritorious deductions.
A. Meritorious deductions earned by a prisoner may be forfeited in an amount up to ninety days for two or more misconduct violations. Meritorious deductions earned by a prisoner may be forfeited in an amount in excess of ninety days for a major conduct violation. Forfeitures of meritorious deductions of up to ninety days shall […]
Section 33-2A-2 – Purpose.
The purpose of the Corrections Population Control Act is to establish a corrections population control commission that shall operate as an autonomous, nonpartisan body. The commission shall develop and implement mechanisms to prevent the inmate population from exceeding the rated capacity of correctional facilities and shall take appropriate action when necessary to effect the reduction […]
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 […]