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 N.M. Stat. Ann.;

(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 N.M. Stat. Ann.; 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.