Penitentiary to Be Reformatory and Industrial School; Labor by Inmates

N.M. Const. art. XX, § 15 — under Miscellaneous.

N.M. Const. art. XX, § 15

Penitentiary to Be Reformatory and Industrial School; Labor by Inmates

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.[1]