2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions
Article 2A - Corrections Population Control
Section 33-2A-3 - Definitions. (2002)

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.