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NRS 211.300 Electronic supervision of unconvicted person detained before trial. With the approval of the court of jurisdiction for the particular case, the sheriff or chief of police may supervise an unconvicted person detained before the person’s trial in the manner provided for…

NRS 211.310 Credits for prisoner sentenced before October 1, 1991. 1. For each month in which a prisoner who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a local detention facility before October 1, 1991: (a) Appears by the reports required by NRS 211.150, to have been obedient, ord…

NRS 211.320 Credits for prisoner sentenced on or after October 1, 1991. 1. For each month in which a prisoner who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a local detention facility: (a) Appears by the reports required by NRS 211.150, to have been obedient, orderly and faithful,…

NRS 211.330 Credits for completion of educational, vocational or other program. 1. A prisoner who has no serious infraction of the regulations of the county, city or town jail or detention facility in which the prisoner is incarcerated or detained, the terms and conditions of his…

NRS 211.340 Credits for completion of program of treatment for alcohol or other substance use disorder. 1. A prisoner who has no serious infraction of the regulations of the county, city or town jail or detention facility in which the prisoner is incarcerated or detained, the ter…

NRS 211.350 Service of intermittent sentence: Administrative fee; conditions. 1. A board of county commissioners or the governing body of an incorporated city may collect an administrative fee from each prisoner, sentenced to confinement in a county or city jail or detention cent…

NRS 211.360 Establishment and operation of commissary. 1. The sheriff or chief of police of a city may establish and operate in each jail in his or her jurisdiction a commissary to sell to prisoners committed to the jail food, beverages, toiletries and such other items as may be …

NRS 211.370 Taking custody of prisoner for whom outstanding warrant for arrest by another law enforcement agency exists; payment of costs. 1. If a sheriff, chief of police or town marshal takes custody of a prisoner for whom a magistrate has issued a warrant for arrest for a misd…

NRS 211.380 Safekeeping of prisoners’ money and valuables: Deposit of money in trust fund; duties of sheriff; interest and income earned on money in fund. 1. The sheriff of each county may accept money and valuables in the physical possession of a prisoner at the time the prisone…

NRS 211.390 Safekeeping of prisoners’ money and valuables: Reasonable deduction to pay for property damaged or destroyed by prisoner; notice and hearing. 1. A sheriff shall, by regulation, establish criteria for a reasonable deduction from any money credited to the account of a p…

NRS 211.400 Program for treatment of prisoners with substance use disorder using medication-assisted treatment: Establishment; collaboration with Department of Human Services; eligibility; participants not subject to discipline on certain bases. 1. To the extent that money is ava…

NRS 211A.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 211A.020 to 211A.075, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1995, 871; A 2009, 2257; 2013, 490)

NRS 211A.020 “Assistant” defined. “Assistant” means an assistant alternative sentencing officer employed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 211A.110. (Added to NRS by 1995, 871)

NRS 211A.040 “Chief” defined. “Chief” means the chief of a department of alternative sentencing. (Added to NRS by 1995, 871)

NRS 211A.050 “Court” defined. “Court” means a court having jurisdiction over a person who is charged with a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony. (Added to NRS by 1995, 871; A 2013, 491)

NRS 211A.060 “Department” defined. “Department” means a department of alternative sentencing created pursuant to NRS 211A.080. (Added to NRS by 1995, 871)

NRS 211A.065 “Governing body” defined. “Governing body” means the governing body of a county or a city. (Added to NRS by 2009, 2257)

NRS 211A.070 “Probationer” defined. “Probationer” means a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor, who: 1. Has had his or her sentence suspended pursuant to NRS 4.373 or 5.055, and is serving that suspended sentence; or 2. Has been sentenced to a term of residential confin…

NRS 211A.075 “Supervised releasee” defined. “Supervised releasee” means a person who has been charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony and who has been released from custody before trial or sentencing, subject to the conditions imposed by the court.…

NRS 211A.080 Creation of department. The governing body of each county or city may create a department of alternative sentencing to provide a program of supervision for probationers and supervised releasees in accordance with any conditions imposed by the court. (Added to NRS by …

NRS 211A.090 Powers and duties of department. The department: 1. May supervise a probationer or a supervised releasee who, as a condition of a suspended sentence, a sentence to residential confinement or pretrial or presentence release, is released under the supervision of the de…

NRS 211A.100 Qualifications of chief. The chief: 1. Must be appointed by the action of a majority of the governing body. 2. Must have at least 5 years of experience, with an increasing level of responsibility, in the field of law enforcement, corrections or supervision of persons…

NRS 211A.110 Duties of chief. The chief shall: 1. Hire assistant alternative sentencing officers and other employees as necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the department within the limitations of appropriations to the department by the governing body. 2. Direct the wo…

NRS 211A.120 Duties of assistant. An assistant shall: 1. Maintain detailed written records of his or her daily work; 2. Make any report as required by the court or the chief; and 3. Carry out any duty of the department as assigned by the chief. (Added to NRS by 1995, 873)

NRS 211A.125 Arrest of probationer or supervised releasee. 1. The chief or an assistant may arrest a probationer or a supervised releasee without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe that the probationer or the supervised releasee has committed an act that constitutes …

NRS 211A.127 Violation of condition of suspended sentence by probationer or pretrial or presentence release by supervised releasee. 1. If a probationer has violated a condition of his or her suspended sentence, the court may, upon its own motion or upon the report and recommendat…

NRS 211A.130 Fees for cost of supervision: Imposition; waiver or reduction. 1. The governing body shall adopt a schedule of fees to be imposed on probationers or supervised releasees to defray the cost of the supervision of a probationer or a supervised releasee. The schedule ado…

NRS 211A.140 Disclosure of information obtained in discharge of duties prohibited; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, any information regarding a probationer or a supervised releasee obtained by the chief, an assistant or other employee of the department…

NRS 212.010 Punishment for unauthorized injury of prisoner; forfeiture abolished except when statutorily authorized. 1. Every person sentenced to imprisonment in any penal institution is under the protection of the law, and any unauthorized injury to his or her person shall be pu…

NRS 212.020 Inhumanity to prisoners. 1. A jailer or person who is guilty of willful inhumanity or oppression to any prisoner under the care or custody of the jailer or person shall be punished: (a) Where the prisoner suffers substantial bodily harm from the inhumanity or oppressi…

NRS 212.030 Warrant for arrest of escaped prisoner. 1. When any prisoner escapes from an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, the Director of the Department may issue a warrant for the recapture of the escaped prisoner. The warrant is effective in any county …

NRS 212.040 Expenses of recapture and return of escaped prisoners. 1. If an escape is not the result of carelessness, incompetency or other official delinquency of the Director or other officers of the Department of Corrections, all expenses of enforcing the provisions of NRS 212…

NRS 212.050 Authority to offer reward in certain cases. 1. If any person who has been sentenced to confinement in the state prison, by any court having competent authority within this State, escapes therefrom, or is charged with murder or the perpetration of any crime punishable …

NRS 212.070 Expenses of prosecuting prisoner and person acting in concert with prisoner who escapes or commits crime while incarcerated. 1. The expenses and costs of prosecuting any person for escaping from, or breaking out of, the state prison, or attempting so to do, or for the…

NRS 212.080 Recapture and imprisonment. Every person in custody, under sentence of imprisonment for any crime, who shall escape from custody, may be recaptured and imprisoned for a term equal to the unexpired portion of the original term. [1911 C&P § 73; RL § 6338; NCL § 10022]

NRS 212.090 Penalties for prisoner who escapes. A prisoner confined in a prison, or being in the lawful custody of an officer or other person, who escapes or attempts to escape from prison or custody, if the prisoner is held on a charge, conviction or sentence of: 1. A felony, sh…

NRS 212.093 Manufacture or possession by prisoner of items adapted, designed or commonly used to escape prohibited; penalty; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement, other than residential confinement, shall n…

NRS 212.095 Unauthorized absences which constitute escape from prison; punishment; exception. 1. Any unauthorized absence from the place of assignment by an offender who is on temporary furlough, participating in a work or educational release program or otherwise in a classificat…

NRS 212.100 Aiding prisoner to escape. A person who, with the intent to effect or facilitate the escape of a prisoner, whether the escape is effected or attempted or not, conveys or sends to a prisoner any information or aid, or conveys or sends into a prison any disguise, instru…

NRS 212.110 Custodian permitting escape. A person who willfully allows a prisoner lawfully in the custody of the person to escape, or connives at or assists such an escape, or willfully omits any act or duty by reason of which an escape is occasioned, contributed to or assisted, …

NRS 212.120 Ministerial officer permitting escape. An officer who asks or receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward, or promise thereof, to procure, assist, connive at or permit any prisoner in the custody of the officer to escape, whether the escape …

NRS 212.130 Concealing escaped prisoner. A person who knowingly conceals, or harbors for the purpose of concealment, a prisoner who has escaped or is escaping from custody shall be punished, according to the charge or conviction or sentence upon which the prisoner was held: 1. Fo…

NRS 212.135 Definitions. As used in NRS 212.135 to 212.189, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 212.137, 212.138 and 212.139 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2015, 897)

NRS 212.137 “Contractor” defined. “Contractor” means a person who provides services on a recurring basis to a prison pursuant to a contractual agreement with the Department of Corrections or the sheriff, chief of police or other officer responsible for the operation of the prison…

NRS 212.138 “Employee” defined. “Employee” means a person who works directly for a prison. (Added to NRS by 2015, 897)

NRS 212.139 “Volunteer” defined. “Volunteer” means a person who donates his or her time and effort on a recurring basis to a prison to enhance the activities and programs of the prison. (Added to NRS by 2015, 897)