The state labor commissioner shall exercise the same supervision over conditions of employment for prisoners working under the inmate-release program as he does over conditions of employment for free persons. A prisoner working under the inmate-release program is not entitled to any benefits under the Employment Security Act [Unemployment Compensation Law] during the term of his sentence. No prisoner under the provisions of the inmate-release program is an agent, employee or involuntary servant of the penitentiary of New Mexico while attending school, working in private business or going to or from such assignment.
History: 1953 Comp., § 42-1-82, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 166, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
The reference to the "Employment Security Act" apparently means the Unemployment Compensation Law. See Chapter 51 NMSA 1978.