DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Nev. Rev. Stat. 209
in effectContents
section209.011. Definitions.section209.021. Board defined.section209.031. Classification defined.section209.041. Custody defined.section209.051. Department defined.section209.061. Director defined.section209.062. Disciplinary segregation defined.section209.065. Facility defined.section209.067. Gender non-binary defined.section209.068. Gender non-conforming defined.section209.069. General population defined.section209.071. Institution defined.section209.072. Intersex defined.section209.075. Manager defined.section209.077. Medical Director defined.section209.081. Offender defined.section209.083. Private facility or institution defined.section209.084. Serious mental illness or other significant mental impairment defined.section209.085. Warden defined.section209.101. Department created; Board of State Prison Commissioners.section209.111. Powers and duties of Board. [Effective until the effective date of the initial contract entered into between the Nevada Health Authority and the state pharmacy benefit manager pursuant to NRS 422.4053 , as amended by section 12 of chapter 390, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 2605 .]section209.116. Board to adopt regulations establishing maximum number of prisoners who may be incarcerated in private facility or institution.section209.121. Director: Appointment; qualifications; salary; other employment prohibited.section209.131. Director: General duties.section209.132. Director: Delegation of power, duty or function.section209.134. Director: Submission to county clerk of list of offenders released from prison or discharged from parole.section209.136. Director: Notification of Legislature regarding certain matters.section209.141. Agreements with governmental agencies and private organizations.section209.151. Deputy directors: Appointment; duties; other employment prohibited.section209.153. Deputy Director for Industrial Programs: Retirement benefits.section209.161. Wardens of institutions: Appointment; duties.section209.181. Officers and employees residing at institution or facility: Charges and perquisites; notice to Legislature.section209.183. Travel expenses authorized for certain employees at specified correctional centers and conservation camps; exceptions.section209.189. Fund for Prison Industries.section209.192. Fund for New Construction of Facilities for Prison Industries.section209.194. Silver State Industries Endowment Fund.section209.221. Offenders Store Fund; statement of offenders financial situation; criminal penalties relating to concealment of assets and provision of false or misleading financial information.section209.225. Investment and disbursement of interest and income of Offenders Store Fund.section209.229. Operation of vending machines in visitors areas; profits from operation to be deposited in Offenders Store Fund.section209.231. Deposit of money received from operation of conservation camp into Division of Forestry Account; powers and duties of State Forester Firewarden.section209.234. Regulations governing personal property of offenders.section209.235. Regulations governing operation of commissary in institution or facility.section209.239. Adoption of policy by warden or manager concerning personal property of offenders.section209.241. 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.section209.243. Administrative claim by prisoner for loss of personal property, property damage, personal injuries or other claims; regulations.section209.244. Attorney General may establish program for mediating complaints from offenders; duties.section209.246. Deductions from individual account of offender.section209.247. Deductions from individual account of offender: Limitation on deductions; order of priority.section209.248. Account for disbursements to offenders: Establishment; use; reimbursement.section209.249. Package program for offenders: Establishment; prohibition on participation.section209.251. Books and papers kept by Board or Director: Inspection; delivery to successors.section209.253. Treatment of offenders with human immunodeficiency virus.section209.254. Department to provide list of persons eligible for parole.section209.261. Transportation of offender to appropriate institution or facility.section209.273. Unnecessary expense not allowed; offenders transported collectively.section209.274. Transportation of offender to appear before court.section209.276. Reimbursement for transportation of witness in action by offender concerning civil rights.section209.281. Temporary interstate transportation.section209.291. Transfer of offenders: Within Department; to other governmental agencies; between United States and foreign country.section209.293. Transfer of offender to correctional institution of another state.section209.301. Transfer of minors to state facility for detention of children.section209.311. Transfer of persons detained in local facility to institution or facility of Department for safekeeping.section209.321. Transfer of offender for psychiatric observation or treatment.section209.331. Medical evaluation or treatment of offender outside institution or facility.section209.341. 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.section209.345. Director to establish system to track expenses related to housing youthful offenders; report regarding expenses tracked by system.section209.351. Director to establish system of ongoing classification and evaluation for offenders and to maintain records.section209.352. Director may establish system for offender management.section209.353. Department to collect and submit information regarding offenders to Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.section209.354. 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.section209.356. Director to establish program of regimental discipline.section209.358. Director to adopt regulations regarding offenders who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex.section209.361. Director to adopt regulations and penalties for violations.section209.362. Adoption of policy for interactions between male correctional staff member and woman who is incarcerated; requirements of policy.section209.365. Director to establish program to prevent offenders from possessing or receiving certain publications.section209.367. Director to establish program for testing of offenders for use of alcohol and controlled substances.section209.368. Solitary confinement: Regulations.section209.369. 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.section209.371. Corporal punishment and inhumane treatment prohibited.section209.375. Care of offender who is pregnant: Access to certain services required; adoption of certain policies concerning care of offenders who are pregnant required; regulations.section209.376. 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.section209.381. Diet, housing and hygiene of offenders; medical and dental services of institutions and facilities.section209.382. Chief Medical Officer to examine and report on medical and dental services, diet of offenders, sanitation and safety in institutions and facilities.section209.387. Legislative findings and declarations regarding programs for education of offenders.section209.389. Board to establish programs for general education, vocational education and training and other rehabilitation.section209.391. Director to administer programs of education, training and rehabilitation, to establish programs for counseling, research, statistics and planning and to purchase textbooks.section209.392. Residential confinement: Duration; notification to victim; eligibility; violation of terms or conditions; status; restitution.section209.393. Regulations regarding literacy of offenders.section209.396. Limitations on assignment of offender to industrial or vocational school; educational requirements for offender with developmental, learning or other disability.section209.399. Department to provide information and programming regarding financial planning and aid; assistance with Free Application for Federal Student Aid; report.section209.401. Director may establish facilities for offenders to live in community.section209.403. Establishment of transitional housing program; coordination with Division of Forestry of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; eligibility to participate in program.section209.417. Use of authorized telecommunications devices by offenders; regulations.section209.419. Interception of offenders communications by telecommunications devices: Notice; exceptions.section209.422. Visitation of offenders: Regulations.section209.423. 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.section209.424. Offenders excluded from participation.section209.425. Establishment of program; program to include rehabilitation, education and counseling; assignment of wages.section209.427. Assignment of offender to program; withdrawal of offender from program.section209.429. Director to assign offender to serve term of residential confinement under certain circumstances; notice to victim; effect of violating terms or conditions of residential confinement; status; restitution.section209.432. Definitions.section209.433. Credits for offender sentenced on or before June 30, 1969.section209.443. Credits for offender sentenced after June 30, 1969, for crime committed before July 1, 1985.section209.446. Credits for offender sentenced for crime committed on or after July 1, 1985, but before July 17, 1997.section209.447. Credits for offender sentenced after June 30, 1991, for crime committed before July 1, 1985, and released on parole.section209.448. Credits for completion of program of treatment for an alcohol or other substance use disorder. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]section209.449. Credits for completion of vocational education and training or other program. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]section209.451. Forfeiture and restoration of credits.section209.453. Expedited resolution of challenge to computation of time served.section209.457. Program for operating conservation camps.section209.459. Employment of offenders: Report on potential impacts of new program; program for employment in services and manufacturing; submission of contract related to new program for approval.section209.461. Duties and powers of Director; requirements for programs for employment of offenders; prohibited types of vocational training, employment and businesses; determination of profit of program of employment; no right of offender to employment or minimum wage.section209.462. Director to provide secure facility for production of license plates.section209.463. Deductions from wages earned by offender during incarceration; limitation on deductions; priority of deductions.section209.471. Offender may be allowed to participate in program beneficial to community.section209.481. Assignment of offender to institution or facility of minimum security.section209.488. Reentry court defined.section209.492. Status while participating in work or educational release program or other assignment.section209.501. Temporary furloughs.section209.511. Duties and authorized actions of Director relating to release of offenders from prison; medical debt owed to Department; payment of costs.section209.517. Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles when certain offenders have completed period of imprisonment or are placed on residential confinement.section209.521. Notification of victim of escape or release of offender.section209.0843. Solitary confinement defined.section209.0847. Transgender defined.section209.1315. Director: Training of correctional staff.section209.2445. Office of the Ombudsperson for Offenders: Establishment; appointment of Ombudsperson; powers and duties of Ombudsperson; funding; access to information.section209.2473. Regulations regarding deductions.section209.2475. Deductions from individual account of offender: Limitations; disposition of remaining money upon release of offender; reduction or elimination; transmittal.section209.2745. Payment for transportation of offender to appear as witness in action for small claims.section209.3515. Director may request or provide medical or mental health records of certain offenders.section209.3517. Director may apply for determination of eligibility for Medicaid on behalf of offender.section209.3683. 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.section209.3685. 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 documents.section209.3813. Access to prescription medication.section209.3814. Completion of medical release of information form by offender; notification of certain persons if offender is hospitalized for or diagnosed with critical medical condition.section209.3815. Autopsy of offenders.section209.3817. Care of women in custody: Completion of form at intake; access to certain services; provision of feminine hygiene products; regulations.section209.3825. Order by court affecting conditions of confinement of prisoner; Director entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard; exception.section209.3923. Residential confinement or other appropriate supervision of certain older offenders: Eligibility; notification to victim; effect of violation of terms and conditions; status; restitution.section209.3925. 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; restitution.section209.4231. Definitions.section209.4232. Division defined.section209.4233. Program of aftercare defined.section209.4234. Substance use disorder defined.section209.4236. Director to establish programs of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders.section209.4237. 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.section209.4238. Programs of aftercare.section209.4239. 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.section209.4242. Director may contract with qualified persons.section209.4244. Report by Director to Legislature.section209.4247. Establishment of program; collaboration with Department of Human Services; eligibility to participate in program; participants not subject to discipline on certain bases.section209.4291. Establishment of program; duties of Department; condition of participation in program.section209.4293. Court authorized to remand probation violator to program for supervision and to receive treatment for an alcohol or other substance use disorder or for a mental illness; eligibility for treatment.section209.4295. Payment of cost of supervision and treatment; performance of community service as contribution toward cost; issuance of judgment for unpaid costs.section209.4297. Release of probationer from supervision; completion of remaining or additional period of probation; revocation of probation.section209.4299. Submission of report concerning probationers participating in program.section209.4465. Credits for offender sentenced for crime committed on or after July 17, 1997. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]section209.4467. Credits for offender sentenced for crime committed on or after July 1, 2027, or offender sentenced for crime committed before July 1, 2027, who elects to be subject to credit calculation; consideration for early release on parole or from custody; Department to provide information related to credits; regulations. [Effective July 1, 2027.]section209.4475. Credits for offender on parole as of January 1, 2004, or released on parole on or after January 1, 2004. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]section209.4477. Credits for offender incarcerated during state of emergency due to communicable or infectious disease. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]section209.4495. Limitation on amount of credit offender may earn.section209.4615. Offender to obtain approval of Director for employment, contractual activity or business activity; private employment of offender.section209.4815. Procedure for emergency purchase of supplies, materials or equipment.section209.4818. Interim Finance Committee: Duties relating to industrial programs.section209.4827. Centers to house offenders.section209.4829. Assignment of offender to center.section209.4831. Deduction from wages of offender for living expenses.section209.4837. Agreement for assignment and distribution of wages of offender; schedule of restitution.section209.4841. Distribution of earnings of offender.section209.4843. Termination of payments of restitution.section209.4871. Definitions.section209.4872. Alternative correctional program defined.section209.4873. Correctional program defined.section209.4874. Division defined.section209.4877. Judicial program defined.section209.4883. Judicial program: Establishment; assignment of offenders; supervision of offenders.section209.4886. Participation in judicial program: Referral of offender to reentry court; powers and duties of Director; regulations; reimbursement of costs; effect of violation of terms and conditions; status of offender.section209.4887. Correctional program: Establishment; assignment of offenders; restitution.section209.4888. Participation in correctional program: Suitability of offender; powers and duties of Director; regulations; reimbursement of costs; effect of violation of terms and conditions; status of offender.section209.4889. Powers and duties of Director: Contracting for certain services for offenders or parolees in correctional, alternative correctional or judicial program; providing referrals and information regarding services; applying for and accepting gifts and grants.section209.42303. Institution or facility required to provide offender with access to certain mail; procedure for exemption from requirement.section209.42305. Prisoner contact with child of prisoner; use of equipment for videoconference.section209.42315. Co-occurring disorder defined.section209.42335. Program of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders defined.section209.48883. Alternative correctional program: Establishment; assignment of offenders.section209.48887. Report concerning alternative correctional program.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-209.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026