Title 16

NRS 209.3683 Solitary confinement: Limitation on placement of offender in solitary confinement; removal of offender from solitary confinement; rights and privileges of offender placed in solitary confinement. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 209.3685 or 209.369, the Departm…

NRS 209.3685 Solitary confinement: Continuation of placement of offender in solitary confinement; limitations; review of and individualized treatment plan for offender; removal of offender from solitary confinement upon request; report; recording of review; retention of certain d…

NRS 209.369 Limitation on imposition of disciplinary segregation; placement in solitary confinement for safety of offender; procedure for imposition of disciplinary segregation; requirement for psychological evaluation; request for release; conditions of disciplinary segregation.…

NRS 209.371 Corporal punishment and inhumane treatment prohibited. Corporal punishment and inhumane treatment of offenders are prohibited. (Added to NRS by 1977, 850)

NRS 209.375 Care of offender who is pregnant: Access to certain services required; adoption of certain policies concerning care of offenders who are pregnant required; regulations. 1. The Department shall provide an offender who is pregnant and in the custody of the Department ac…

NRS 209.376 Care of offender who is pregnant: Limitations on use of restraints on offender who is in labor, delivering her baby or in the postpartum period; report. 1. No restraints of any kind may be used on an offender who is in labor, delivering her baby or in the postpartum p…

NRS 209.381 Diet, housing and hygiene of offenders; medical and dental services of institutions and facilities. 1. Each offender in an institution or facility of the Department must be provided a healthful diet and appropriate, sanitary housing. 2. The Director with the approval …

NRS 209.3813 Access to prescription medication. If an offender in the custody of the Department requires prescription medication for any physical or mental illness, the Department shall ensure that: 1. If the prescription is new, the prescription is transmitted to a licensed phar…

NRS 209.3814 Completion of medical release of information form by offender; notification of certain persons if offender is hospitalized for or diagnosed with critical medical condition. 1. The Department shall ensure that each offender: (a) Completes a medical release of informat…

NRS 209.3815 Autopsy of offenders. The Director, in consultation with the Medical Director and the Inspector General of the Department, shall request the coroner, or any other person so authorized, to conduct an autopsy of any offender who dies while in the custody of the Departm…

NRS 209.3817 Care of women in custody: Completion of form at intake; access to certain services; provision of feminine hygiene products; regulations. 1. The Department shall ensure that each woman who is assigned to an institution or facility completes a form at the time of intak…

NRS 209.382 Chief Medical Officer to examine and report on medical and dental services, diet of offenders, sanitation and safety in institutions and facilities. 1. The Chief Medical Officer shall periodically examine and shall report to the Board semiannually upon the following o…

NRS 209.3825 Order by court affecting conditions of confinement of prisoner; Director entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a court issuing an order at the request of a prisoner in a state prison that affects t…

NRS 209.387 Legislative findings and declarations regarding programs for education of offenders. The Legislature finds and declares that the program for general education of offenders and the program of education of offenders in English as a second language are acts of grace of t…

NRS 209.389 Board to establish programs for general education, vocational education and training and other rehabilitation. 1. The Board shall establish by regulation programs of general education, vocational education and training and other rehabilitation for offenders. 2. The re…

NRS 209.391 Director to administer programs of education, training and rehabilitation, to establish programs for counseling, research, statistics and planning and to purchase textbooks. The Director shall: 1. Establish programs to provide medical, psychological, psychiatric and o…

NRS 209.392 Residential confinement: Duration; notification to victim; eligibility; violation of terms or conditions; status; restitution. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 209.3923, 209.3925 and 209.429, the Director may, at the request of an offender who is eligible for re…

NRS 209.3923 Residential confinement or other appropriate supervision of certain older offenders: Eligibility; notification to victim; effect of violation of terms and conditions; status; restitution. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the Director may assign an off…

NRS 209.3925 Residential confinement or other appropriate supervision of offenders who are physically incapacitated or in ill health: Eligibility; request for medical release; duration; notice; notification to victim; effect of violation of terms or conditions; status; restitutio…

NRS 209.393 Regulations regarding literacy of offenders. The Board may adopt regulations which: 1. Designate a level of literacy in reading and writing which is consistent with that required by the State Board of Education for its pupils in the eighth grade. 2. Provide for the te…

NRS 209.396 Limitations on assignment of offender to industrial or vocational school; educational requirements for offender with developmental, learning or other disability. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an offender who is illiterate may not be assigned to an i…

NRS 209.399 Department to provide information and programming regarding financial planning and aid; assistance with Free Application for Federal Student Aid; report. 1. On or before September 30 of each year, programming staff at each institution or facility of the Department sha…

NRS 209.401 Director may establish facilities for offenders to live in community. The Director may, with the approval of the Board, establish facilities which enable offenders to live in a community while obtaining regular employment, enrolling in academic courses, participating …

NRS 209.403 Establishment of transitional housing program; coordination with Division of Forestry of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; eligibility to participate in program. The Director may establish, in coordination with the Division of Forestry of the Sta…

NRS 209.417 Use of authorized telecommunications devices by offenders; regulations. 1. The warden or manager of an institution or facility shall: (a) Determine which telecommunications devices, if any, are authorized for use by an offender in accordance with the regulations adopt…

NRS 209.419 Interception of offender’s communications by telecommunications devices: Notice; exceptions. 1. Communications made by an offender on any telephone or other telecommunications device in an institution or facility to any person outside the institution or facility may b…

NRS 209.422 Visitation of offenders: Regulations. The Director shall adopt, with the approval of the Board, regulations establishing and governing a program, to be carried out within each facility and institution, for the visitation of offenders. The regulations must prescribe: 1…

NRS 209.423 Visits and correspondence between offenders and others: Rights of offenders; warden or manager required to provide certain notice relating to denial of prospective visitor or cancellation of visit; regulations. 1. The Director shall, with approval of the Board, adopt …

NRS 209.42303 Institution or facility required to provide offender with access to certain mail; procedure for exemption from requirement. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an institution or facility shall provide an offender with the original, physical copy of any …

NRS 209.42305 Prisoner contact with child of prisoner; use of equipment for videoconference. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, by order of the court or by regulations of the Department, the Director shall allow a prisoner to maintain contact with a child of the prisoner who…

NRS 209.4231 Definitions. As used in NRS 209.4231 to 209.4244, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 209.42315 to 209.4234, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2652; A 2021, 208)

NRS 209.42315 “Co-occurring disorder” defined. “Co-occurring disorder” means the presence of at least one mental disorder and at least one substance use disorder, as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. (Added to NRS by …

NRS 209.4232 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Services. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2652; A 1999, 1881; 2001, 433)

NRS 209.4233 “Program of aftercare” defined. “Program of aftercare” means a program that is established pursuant to NRS 209.4238 to provide continuing treatment to those offenders who successfully complete treatment in a program of treatment for offenders with substance use or co…

NRS 209.42335 “Program of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders” defined. “Program of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders” means a program: 1. Established pursuant to NRS 209.4236 to provide treatment to certain offe…

NRS 209.4234 “Substance use disorder” defined. “Substance use disorder” means a cluster of cognitive, behavioral and physiological symptoms indicating that a person continues using a substance despite significant substance-related problems. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2652; A 2021, 20…

NRS 209.4236 Director to establish programs of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders. 1. The Director shall, in conjunction with the Division and with the approval of the Board, establish one or more programs of treatment for offenders with substanc…

NRS 209.4237 Program to evaluate offenders for participation in program of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders; assignment to participate in program of treatment. 1. The Director shall, in conjunction with the Division and with the approval of the…

NRS 209.4238 Programs of aftercare. 1. The Director shall, in conjunction with the Division and with the approval of the Board, establish one or more programs of aftercare to provide continuing treatment to those offenders who successfully complete treatment in a program of treat…

NRS 209.4239 Removal from program of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders or program of aftercare; Director may establish conditions, sanctions and incentives regarding participation; immunity. 1. The Director or a person designated by the Director…

NRS 209.424 Offenders excluded from participation. An offender may not participate in a program of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders if the offender: 1. Was sentenced to death or a term of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole;…

NRS 209.4242 Director may contract with qualified persons. To carry out the provisions of NRS 209.4231 to 209.4244, inclusive, the Director may contract with persons or private entities that are qualified to evaluate offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders or quali…

NRS 209.4244 Report by Director to Legislature. The Director shall provide the following information to the Interim Finance Committee on or before January 31 of each even-numbered year and to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and the Assembly Standing Committee on Ways and…

NRS 209.4247 Establishment of program; collaboration with Department of Human Services; eligibility to participate in program; participants not subject to discipline on certain bases. 1. To the extent that money is available and subject to subsection 2, the Director shall, with t…

NRS 209.425 Establishment of program; program to include rehabilitation, education and counseling; assignment of wages. 1. The Director shall, with the approval of the Board, establish a program for the treatment of a person with an alcohol or substance use disorder who is impris…

NRS 209.427 Assignment of offender to program; withdrawal of offender from program. 1. If the results of an evaluation conducted pursuant to NRS 484C.300 or 488.430 indicate that an offender has an alcohol or other substance use disorder and that the offender can be treated succe…