Title 16

NRS 209.189 Fund for Prison Industries. 1. The Fund for Prison Industries is hereby created as an enterprise fund to receive all revenues derived from programs for vocational training and employment of offenders and the operation of the prison farm and to receive all revenues rai…

NRS 209.192 Fund for New Construction of Facilities for Prison Industries. 1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a Fund for New Construction of Facilities for Prison Industries as a capital projects fund. The Director shall deposit in the Fund the deductions made pursu…

NRS 209.194 Silver State Industries Endowment Fund. 1. The Silver State Industries Endowment Fund is hereby created as a trust fund in the State Treasury. 2. The State Treasurer shall deposit in the Fund: (a) Any money received from any commercial or correctional activities relat…

NRS 209.221 Offenders’ Store Fund; statement of offender’s financial situation; criminal penalties relating to concealment of assets and provision of false or misleading financial information. 1. The Offenders’ Store Fund is hereby created as a special revenue fund. All money rec…

NRS 209.225 Investment and disbursement of interest and income of Offenders’ Store Fund. 1. The Director shall deposit the Offenders’ Store Fund with the State Treasurer for investment. The interest and income earned upon the Fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be …

NRS 209.229 Operation of vending machines in visitors’ areas; profits from operation to be deposited in Offenders’ Store Fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall operate any vending machine that is located in a visitors’ area of a facility or an…

NRS 209.231 Deposit of money received from operation of conservation camp into Division of Forestry Account; powers and duties of State Forester Firewarden. 1. Any money received from the operation of any conservation camp established under this chapter or from the assignment of …

NRS 209.234 Regulations governing personal property of offenders. 1. The Director may, with the approval of the Board, adopt regulations to be instituted in each institution or facility which govern the possession of personal property by offenders. Such regulations may place limi…

NRS 209.235 Regulations governing operation of commissary in institution or facility. 1. The Director shall, with the approval of the Board, adopt regulations to be instituted in each institution or facility which govern the operation of a commissary in the institution or facilit…

NRS 209.239 Adoption of policy by warden or manager concerning personal property of offenders. Subject to the approval of the Director, the warden of each institution and the manager of each facility shall adopt and issue a written policy statement regulating the personal propert…

NRS 209.241 Safekeeping of money and valuables of offenders: Prisoners’ Personal Property Fund; duties of Director; withdrawals by offenders; monthly statement; disbursement of interest and income; penalties; exemptions. 1. The Director may accept money, including the net amount …

NRS 209.243 Administrative claim by prisoner for loss of personal property, property damage, personal injuries or other claims; regulations. 1. A prisoner or former prisoner may file an administrative claim with the Department to recover compensation for the loss of his or her pe…

NRS 209.244 Attorney General may establish program for mediating complaints from offenders; duties. 1. The Attorney General may establish a program for mediating complaints from an offender concerning: (a) An administrative act which is alleged to be contrary to law or a policy o…

NRS 209.2445 Office of the Ombudsperson for Offenders: Establishment; appointment of Ombudsperson; powers and duties of Ombudsperson; funding; access to information. 1. The Office of the Ombudsperson for Offenders is hereby established within the Department to promote and protect…

NRS 209.246 Deductions from individual account of offender. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Director shall, with the approval of the Board, establish by regulation criteria for a reasonable deduction from money credited to the account of an offender to: (a) R…

NRS 209.247 Deductions from individual account of offender: Limitation on deductions; order of priority. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 209.2475 and subsection 4 of NRS 209.249 and subject to the limitation set forth in subsection 2, the Director may make the deductions d…

NRS 209.2473 Regulations regarding deductions. 1. The Department may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 209.247 and 209.463. 2. Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section must be adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 233B of NRS. (…

NRS 209.2475 Deductions from individual account of offender: Limitations; disposition of remaining money upon release of offender; reduction or elimination; transmittal. 1. The Director shall not make any deduction from the individual account of an offender in the Prisoners’ Pers…

NRS 209.248 Account for disbursements to offenders: Establishment; use; reimbursement. 1. The Department shall establish in any insured bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank doing business in this state an account for disbursements to offenders. The bal…

NRS 209.249 Package program for offenders: Establishment; prohibition on participation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the Director shall establish and maintain a package program for offenders. 2. The Director may prohibit an offender from participating i…

NRS 209.251 Books and papers kept by Board or Director: Inspection; delivery to successors. All books and papers kept by or under the direction of the Secretary of the Board or the Director shall: 1. At all times, on all legal days, be open to the inspection of the members of the…

NRS 209.253 Treatment of offenders with human immunodeficiency virus. 1. The Department or the operator of a private facility or institution shall not enter into a contract or other agreement with any person or entity to provide medical services to offenders who are diagnosed wit…

NRS 209.254 Department to provide list of persons eligible for parole. At least 40 days before any scheduled action of the State Board of Parole Commissioners, the Department shall provide to the Executive Secretary of the Board a list of each person who is eligible for parole. T…

NRS 209.261 Transportation of offender to appropriate institution or facility. 1. Upon notification by the county clerk of any county in this State that a person is being held under sentence of imprisonment in the state prison, the Director shall immediately provide for the trans…

NRS 209.273 Unnecessary expense not allowed; offenders transported collectively. The officer in charge shall transport at the same time all persons awaiting transportation, and the Board shall not allow any extra expense incurred by the making of unnecessary trips in transporting…

NRS 209.274 Transportation of offender to appear before court. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, when an offender is required or requested to appear before a court in this state, the Department shall transport the offender to and from court on the day scheduled for…

NRS 209.2745 Payment for transportation of offender to appear as witness in action for small claims. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if an offender has filed an action for small claims pursuant to chapter 73 of NRS and the offender requests to appear as a witness…

NRS 209.276 Reimbursement for transportation of witness in action by offender concerning civil rights. If an offender has filed an action in federal court alleging a violation of his or her civil rights and the offender requests that any other offender appear as a witness in the …

NRS 209.281 Temporary interstate transportation. An officer of the Department may transport an offender temporarily to or through any state which adjoins the State of Nevada if: 1. The offender will perform general labor in connection with forestry projects and will be directly r…

NRS 209.291 Transfer of offenders: Within Department; to other governmental agencies; between United States and foreign country. 1. The Director may transfer an offender: (a) From one institution or facility to another within the Department; or (b) To other governmental agencies,…

NRS 209.293 Transfer of offender to correctional institution of another state. The Director may transfer to a correctional institution of another state any offender who is sentenced in that state to serve a term of imprisonment which is concurrent with and at least as long as the…

NRS 209.301 Transfer of minors to state facility for detention of children. 1. The Department may transfer a person who is a minor and who is confined in an institution or facility of the Department to a state facility for the detention of children if the superintendent of the fa…

NRS 209.311 Transfer of persons detained in local facility to institution or facility of Department for safekeeping. 1. At the request of a county sheriff or the chief of police of a city, the Director may authorize the transfer of a person detained in a local facility to an inst…

NRS 209.321 Transfer of offender for psychiatric observation or treatment. The Director may arrange for the transfer of an offender to other appropriate governmental agencies for psychiatric observation, evaluation or stabilization pursuant to an agreement with the agency for suc…

NRS 209.331 Medical evaluation or treatment of offender outside institution or facility. An offender may be taken outside an institution or facility under appropriate precautions to prevent the offender’s escape, when necessary for medical evaluation or treatment, as determined b…

NRS 209.341 Director to establish system of initial classification and evaluation for offenders; assignment of offender to appropriate institution or facility of Department; administration of risk and needs assessment; validation study. 1. The Director shall: (a) Establish, with …

NRS 209.345 Director to establish system to track expenses related to housing youthful offenders; report regarding expenses tracked by system. 1. The Director shall establish a system to track expenses that are directly related to housing youthful offenders in the institutions an…

NRS 209.351 Director to establish system of ongoing classification and evaluation for offenders and to maintain records. The Director shall: 1. Establish a system of ongoing classification and evaluation to ensure the individualized custody, care and training of offenders under t…

NRS 209.3515 Director may request or provide medical or mental health records of certain offenders. 1. The Director, through the Medical Director, may request from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Services access to any records in its posses…

NRS 209.3517 Director may apply for determination of eligibility for Medicaid on behalf of offender. The Director of the Department or his or her designee may, after informing an offender, apply for a determination of eligibility for Medicaid on behalf of the offender. (Added to …

NRS 209.352 Director may establish system for offender management. The Director may establish, with the approval of the Board, a system for offender management, to be implemented in each institution and facility of the Department, which consists of structured living programs for …

NRS 209.353 Department to collect and submit information regarding offenders to Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History. The Department shall collect and submit to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History: 1. A record of: (a) The name and fi…

NRS 209.354 Department to monitor each private facility or institution which houses prisoners who are incarcerated pursuant to authority of another state; reimbursement for costs of such monitoring. 1. The Department shall monitor each private facility or institution which houses…

NRS 209.356 Director to establish program of regimental discipline. Repealed. (See chapter 99, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 530.)

NRS 209.358 Director to adopt regulations regarding offenders who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex. The Director shall, with the approval of the Board, adopt regulations prescribing standards in each institution and facility of the Department…

NRS 209.361 Director to adopt regulations and penalties for violations. The Director shall: 1. Adopt with the approval of the Board such regulations as are necessary to: (a) Maintain proper custody of an offender in accordance with the offender’s current classification. (b) Preve…