§ 9-3-3 — Department established

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: 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 NMSA 1978, 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.

Legislative History

1978 Comp., § 9-3-3, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 257, § 3; 1979, ch. 202, § 2;