0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 88
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                           JOHN PINTO
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     OPPOSING THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT PLAN TO TRANSFER NEW MEXICO
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0013|     PRISONERS TO TEXAS.
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0014|     
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0015|       WHEREAS, certain counties have entered memoranda of
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0016|     understanding and joint powers agreements with the corrections
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0017|     department to incarcerate state prisoners; and
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0018|       WHEREAS, the corrections department has now decided to
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0019|     ignore those agreements and send the prisoners to Texas for
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0020|     incarceration; and
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0021|       WHEREAS, this decision will force layoffs of New Mexico
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0022|     citizen taxpayers, deny employment opportunities to New Mexicans
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0023|     and pay New Mexico taxpayers' money to Texas instead; and
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0024|       WHEREAS, the economic benefit has not been demonstrated,
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0025|     and the economic consequences to New Mexicans may be in the
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0001|     millions of dollars; and
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0002|       WHEREAS, Texas prison standards have caused liability
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0003|     problems for other states that have sent prisoners to Texas,
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0004|     such as Colorado; and
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0005|       WHEREAS, this decision will impose a hardship on New
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0006|     Mexican families who will have to travel long distances to visit
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0007|     incarcerated relatives, further stressing families already
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0008|     stressed by their situations;
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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 legislature oppose the corrections
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0011|     department plan to transfer prisoners to Texas; and
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0012|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the secretary of corrections and to the governor.
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