The secretary of corrections is authorized to contract with the United States attorney general for the custody, care, housing, subsistence, education, treatment and training either of persons convicted of criminal offenses in the courts of New Mexico in order that they may be housed in United States prisons or correctional facilities for these purposes or of persons convicted of criminal offenses in the courts of the United States in order that they may be housed in New Mexico correctional facilities for such purposes.
History: Laws 1982, ch. 54, ยง 1.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 31 - Criminal Procedure
Article 5 - Interstate Compacts
Section 31-5-1 to 31-5-3 - Repealed.
Section 31-5-4 - [Western Interstate Corrections Compact; form.]
Section 31-5-5 - Inmate commitment or transfer.
Section 31-5-6 - [Enforcement of compact; submission of reports.]
Section 31-5-7 - [Board of parole; hearings within and outside state.]
Section 31-5-8 - [Contracts of governor; approval by board of finance.]
Section 31-5-10 - Interstate Compact on Mentally Disordered Offenders.
Section 31-5-11 - Compact authority.
Section 31-5-12 - Agreement on Detainers.
Section 31-5-14 - Cooperation.
Section 31-5-15 - Habitual offenders.
Section 31-5-17 - Interstate Corrections Compact.
Section 31-5-18 - Secretary of corrections; powers.
Section 31-5-19 - Convicted offenders; contracts with United States attorney general.
Section 31-5-20 - [Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.]