As used in the Corrections Act:
A. "division" or "department" means the corrections department;
B. "director" or "secretary" means the secretary of corrections;
C. "corrections facility" means any facility or program controlled or operated by the state or any of its agencies or departments and supported wholly or in part by state funds for the correctional care of persons, including but not limited to:
(1) the "penitentiary of New Mexico", which consists of the penitentiary at Santa Fe and other places in the state designated by the secretary; and
(2) the parole board to the extent delegated by the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978];
D. "commission" means the corrections industries commission; and
E. "warden" or "superintendent" means the administrative director of a correctional facility.
History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-2, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 4, § 1; 1988, ch. 101, § 31; 2005, ch. 23, § 3.
The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, changed the definition of corrections facility to include the parole board to the extent delegated by the Parole Board Act; and changed the definition of commission from the corrections commission to mean the corrections industries commission.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions
Article 1 - Corrections Department
Section 33-1-4.1 - Vulnerable offenders program; prevention of victimization.
Section 33-1-4.2 - Restraints on pregnant prisoners.
Section 33-1-5 - Director of corrections; employment.
Section 33-1-6 - Powers and duties of secretary.
Section 33-1-7 - Construction of applicable laws.
Section 33-1-8 - Earmarked funds.
Section 33-1-9 - Liberal interpretation.
Section 33-1-10 - Correctional officers; employees; acting as peace officers.
Section 33-1-11 - Correctional officer qualifications.
Section 33-1-12 - Corrections department; group life insurance.
Section 33-1-13 to 33-1-16 - Terminated.
Section 33-1-17 - Private contract.
Section 33-1-18 - Funds created.
Section 33-1-19 - Use of funds.
Section 33-1-20 - Transfers authorized.
Section 33-1-22 - Correctional facilities; care coordination.
Section 33-1-23 - Correctional facilities; breastfeeding and lactation policies.