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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 33. Correctional Institutions § 33-16-5. Correctional facilities; transparency and reporting

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

A. Every three months, every correctional facility shall:

(1) produce a report that includes:

(a) the age, gender and ethnicity of every inmate who was placed in restricted housing during the previous three months, including every inmate who is in restricted housing at the time the report is produced;

(b) the reason restricted housing was instituted for each inmate listed in the report; and

(c) the dates on which each inmate was placed in and released from restricted housing during the previous three months; and

(2) submit a report prepared in accordance with this subsection to the:

(a) legislature, if the correctional facility is a prison; and

(b) board of county commissioners of the county in which the correctional facility is located, if the facility is a jail.

B. The corrections department shall post to its public website every report produced pursuant to Subsection A of this section.

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