The purpose of the Corrections Industries Act is to enhance the rehabilitation, education and vocational skills of inmates through productive involvement in enterprises and public works of benefit to state agencies and local public bodies and to minimize inmate idleness.
§ 33-8-3 NMSA 1978
Purpose
Known as the Corrections Industries Act
The act spans §§ 33–33 (20 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 625 F. App'x 820 - Ruppert v. New Mexico Department of Corrections (2015)
Most recently applied in 625 F. App'x 820 - Ruppert v. New Mexico Department of Corrections (July 2015)
Laws 1981, ch. 127, § 3.
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.