Penitentiary inmate-release program; establishment
NMSA 1978, § 33-2-43
in effect33-2-43. Penitentiary inmate-release program; establishment
The superintendent [warden] of the penitentiary of New Mexico may institute an inmate-release program and allow penitentiary inmates to attend school or to be employed in private business while under sentence of confinement in the penitentiary if:
A. employment of a prisoner does not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services and is not in a skill, craft or trade in which a surplus of available gainful labor exists in the locality;
B. rates of pay and other conditions of employment are not less than those paid or provided for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the work is performed;
C. prisoners authorized to work at paid employment under the inmate-release program are required to pay appropriate and reasonable costs incident to the program and to their confinement as prescribed by the superintendent; and
D. prisoners participating in the inmate-release program are volunteers who meet standards prescribed by law.
1953 Comp., § 42-1-78, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 166, § 1.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18533/index.do#!b/33-2-43Fetched: 10/20/2026