In case any county in this state lacks a jail or proper place of confinement for its prisoners, the board of county commissioners of that county shall make contractual arrangements with other counties, municipalities or independent contractors for the incarceration and care of its prisoners, and that jail so designated by any board of county commissioners of any county not having a jail or other proper place of confinement shall be the legal place of confinement of the prisoners of said county.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 8, § 4; C.L. 1897, § 840; Code 1915, § 3051; C.S. 1929, § 75-120; 1941 Comp., § 45-216; 1953 Comp., § 42-2-16; Laws 1983, ch. 181, § 14; 1984, ch. 22, § 14.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For joint agreements for construction, management and operation of correctional and detention facilities and jails, see 33-3-2 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For article, "Prisoners Are People," see 10 Nat. Resources J. 869 (1970).