45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS; AUTHORIZING THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT, MAINTAIN AND DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION REGARDING GANGS IN STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT--AUTHORITY TO COLLECT, MAINTAIN AND DISTRIBUTE GANG INFORMATION.--

A. The warden of each state correctional facility may take reasonably necessary measures to restrict the conditions of confinement for an inmate who has a past or existing affiliation or association with a gang, for the purpose of preventing recruitment of new gang members from the inmate general population.

B. The warden of each state correctional facility may organize a gang intelligence unit, that includes corrections administrators and correctional officers, to identify gangs and gang members in state correctional facilities, collect gang information and enter that information into the criminal management information system administered by the corrections department.

C. The corrections department may use a corrections administrator to collect, maintain, analyze and distribute gang information. The administrator may share gang information with officials who manage correctional facilities, county jails, municipal jails and law enforcement agencies in New Mexico.

D. As used in this section, "gang" means an organization, association or group of three or more persons that has a common name, common interest or a common identifying sign or symbol and whose members, individually or collectively, engage in criminal activity or serious misconduct violations.

Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2001.