0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 46
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     DIRECTING THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO APPOINT A
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0012|     COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT A LONG-RANGE, STATEWIDE CORRECTIONS AND
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0013|     CRIME CONTROL PLANNING STUDY.
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0015|          WHEREAS, the development of an effective, responsive
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0016|     corrections system is one of the critical issues facing New
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0017|     Mexico today; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, the broad implementation of a balanced approach
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0019|     in the development of corrections policy and crime control
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0020|     measures requires intensive study and coordinated work between
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0021|     the legislature and other interested groups such as the
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0022|     criminal and juvenile justice coordinating council, the
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0023|     corrections department and the department of public safety;
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0024|     and
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0025|          WHEREAS, the administration has supported the
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0001|     construction of private correctional facilities, which in the
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0002|     future may hold New Mexico inmates, without conducting any
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0003|     balanced population studies or necessarily providing for any
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0004|     oversight in the construction of these facilities or ensuring
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0005|     the inclusion of appropriate rehabilitation programs; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, to conduct a study of this magnitude, the New
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0007|     Mexico legislative council needs to appoint a small committee
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0008|     and provide staff support;
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0009|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0010|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council
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0011|     appoint a small committee to conduct a long-range, statewide
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0012|     corrections and crime control planning study; and
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0013|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative council
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0014|     service be directed to provide for adequate staff, including
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0015|     contract staff if necessary, to assist the committee in its
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0016|     work to conduct long-range planning for corrections and crime
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0017|     control, including monitoring the initiatives of the executive
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0018|     in this area; and
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0019|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0020|     sent to the co-chairmen of the New Mexico legislative council,
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0021|     the secretaries of the departments of public safety and
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0022|     corrections and the director of the criminal and juvenile
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0023|     justice coordinating committee.
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