N.M. Stat. § 33-1-3
Purpose.
It is the purpose of the legislature to create a single, unified corrections department
to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered and exercised by
the penitentiary of New Mexico and the state board of probation and parole except to
the extent delegated to the parole board by the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26
NMSA 1978].