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§ 33-16-5 NMSA 1978

Correctional facilities; transparency and reporting

Known as the Restricted Housing Act

The act spans §§ 33–33 (7 sections).

Laws 2019, ch. 194, § 5.

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.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.