There is created in the executive branch the “corrections department”. The department shall be a cabinet department and consist of, but not be limited to, six divisions as follows:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 9-3-3

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

A. the adult institutions division;

B. the adult probation and parole division; C. the training academy division;

D. the corrections industries division, which shall have administrative supervision of the management of prison industries in every correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the department. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (10) of Subsection B of Section 9-3-5 N.M. Stat. Ann., the director of the corrections industries division shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the secretary of corrections;

E. the administrative services division, which shall be supportive of and responsive to the divisions and shall provide administrative and personnel services to them; and

F. the information technology division.

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