N.M. Stat. § 33-2A-3
Definitions.
As 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 [N] 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.