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 Santa Fe;
(2) the central New Mexico correctional facility, located in Los Lunas;
(3) the southern New Mexico correctional facility, located in Las Cruces;
(4) the western New Mexico correctional facility, located in Grants;
(5) the Roswell correctional facility, located in Hagerman;
(6) the Guadalupe county correctional facility, located in Santa Rosa;
(7) the Lea county correctional facility, located in Hobbs; and
(8) any other male correctional facility so designated by the corrections department;
D. "nonviolent offender" means:
(1) a person convicted only of possession of a controlled substance, pursuant to the provisions of Section 30-31-23 NMSA 1978;
(2) a person incarcerated for violating the conditions of his parole plan due to use or possession of a controlled substance whose original conviction was for commission of a nonviolent offense; or
(3) an inmate designated by the commission as a nonviolent offender; provided that the offender was convicted for the commission of a nonviolent offense, as that term is defined in Subsection L of Section 33-2-34 NMSA 1978; and
E. "rated capacity" means the actual general population bed space, including only individual cells and areas designed for the long-term housing of inmates, available in female correctional facilities or male correctional facilities as certified by the secretary of corrections and subject to applicable state and federal law.
History: Laws 2002, ch. 8, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2002, ch. 8 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 15, 2002, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.