Section 33-2A-3 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

33-2A-3. Definitions.

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.