As used in the Corrections Act:
A. "division" or "department" means the corrections department;
B. "director" or "secretary" means the secretary of corrections;
C. "corrections facility" means any facility or program controlled or operated by the state or any of its agencies or departments and supported wholly or in part by state funds for the correctional care of persons, including but not limited to:
(1) the "penitentiary of New Mexico", which consists of the penitentiary at Santa Fe and other places in the state designated by the secretary; and
(2) the parole board to the extent delegated by the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978];
D. "commission" means the corrections industries commission; and
E. "warden" or "superintendent" means the administrative director of a correctional facility.
History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-2, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 4, § 1; 1988, ch. 101, § 31; 2005, ch. 23, § 3.
The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, changed the definition of corrections facility to include the parole board to the extent delegated by the Parole Board Act; and changed the definition of commission from the corrections commission to mean the corrections industries commission.
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