Section 33-2A-3 - DefinitionsAs used in the Corrections Population Control Act:
A. "commission" means the corrections population control commission; B. "female correctional facilities" means: (1) the women's correctional facility, located in Grants; and (2) any other female correctional facility so designated by the corrections department; C. "male correctional facilities" means: (1) the penitentiary of New Mexico, located in Santa Fe; (2) the central New Mexico correctional facility, located in Los Lunas; (3) the southern New Mexico correctional facility, located in Las Cruces; (4) the western New Mexico correctional facility, located in Grants; (5) the Roswell correctional facility, located in Hagerman; (6) the Guadalupe county correctional facility, located in Santa Rosa; (7) the Lea county correctional facility, located in Hobbs; and (8) any other male correctional facility so designated by the corrections department; D. "nonviolent offender" means: (1) a person convicted only of possession of a controlled substance, pursuant to the provisions of Section 30-31-23 NMSA 1978; (2) a person incarcerated for violating the conditions of his parole plan due to use or possession of a controlled substance whose original conviction was for commission of a nonviolent offense; or (3) an inmate designated by the commission as a nonviolent offender; provided that the offender was convicted for the commission of a nonviolent offense, as that term is defined in Subsection L of Section 33-2-34 NMSA 1978; and E. "rated capacity" means the actual general population bed space, including only individual cells and areas designed for the long-term housing of inmates, available in female correctional facilities or male correctional facilities as certified by the secretary of corrections and subject to applicable state and federal law.