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Article XX, § 15 — Penitentiary to be reformatory and industrial school; labor by inmates

New Mexico Const. art. XX, § 15

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The penitentiary is a reformatory and an industrial school, and all persons confined therein shall, so far as consistent with discipline and the public interest, be employed in some beneficial industry; and where a convict has a dependent family, his net earnings shall be paid to said family if necessary for their support.

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