1. The Department of Corrections is hereby created. 2. The head of the Department is the Board of State Prison Commissioners. 3. The Governor is the President of the Board. The Secretary of State is the Secretary of the Board. 4. Any two members of the Board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. […]
The Board has full control of all grounds, buildings, labor, and property of the Department, and shall: 1. Purchase, or cause to be purchased, all commissary supplies, materials and tools necessary for any lawful purpose carried on at any institution or facility of the Department. 2. Regulate the number of officers and employees of the […]
1. To ensure the safety of the residents of the State of Nevada, the Board shall adopt regulations establishing the maximum number of prisoners who may be incarcerated in a private facility or institution. The regulations must be based upon the standards adopted by the American Correctional Association or its successor organization. 2. As used […]
1. The Chief Administrative and Fiscal Officer of the Department is the Director. 2. The Director: (a) Shall be appointed by the Governor. (b) Is responsible to the Board. (c) Shall be selected with special reference to his or her training, experience and aptitude in the field of corrections. (d) Is entitled to receive an […]
The Director shall: 1. Administer the Department under the direction of the Board. 2. Supervise the administration of all institutions and facilities of the Department. 3. Receive, retain and release, in accordance with law, offenders sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison. 4. Be responsible for the supervision, custody, treatment, care, security and discipline of […]
The Director may continue to develop and implement, in each institution and facility of the Department, a program of facility training for the correctional staff. Such training must include: 1. Training in evidence-based practices, including, without limitation, principles of effective intervention, effective case management and core correctional practices; and 2. Courses on interacting with victims […]
1. The Director may delegate to a deputy director, manager, warden or employee of the Department the exercise or discharge in the name of the Director of any power, duty or function vested in or imposed upon the Director. 2. The official act of any such person acting in the name of the Director and […]
On or before the fifth day of each month, the Director shall submit to each county clerk in this State a list which provides: 1. The name of each offender who was released from prison by expiration of his or her term of imprisonment during the previous month or who was discharged from parole during […]
The Director shall notify the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and the Assembly Standing Committee on Ways and Means during a regular or special session of the Legislature and the Interim Finance Committee when the Legislature is not in session of any: 1. Negotiations entered into by the Department to resolve any potential or existing […]
The Director may, with the approval of the Board and except as otherwise provided in NRS 208.280, enter into agreements with other governmental agencies and with private organizations to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1977, 846; A 2019, 954)
1. The Director shall appoint a Deputy Director for Industrial Programs who: (a) Is responsible to the Director for the administration of all industrial, vocational and agricultural programs for the employment of offenders, except conservation camps and centers for the purpose of making restitution; and (b) Shall enforce all policies and regulations of the Department […]
The Deputy Director for Industrial Programs appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 209.151 is entitled to receive the same retirement benefits as police officers and firefighters employed by public employers. For this purpose, the provisions of chapter 286 of NRS governing the retirement benefits of police officers and firefighters apply to the Deputy Director […]
1. The Director shall appoint a warden for each institution of the Department. 2. Each warden is in the classified service of the State except for purposes of appointment and retention. 3. Each warden is responsible to the Director for the administration of his or her institution, including the execution of all policies and the […]
1. If the Director finds that it is necessary or desirable that any officer or employee reside at an institution or facility, perquisites granted to the officer or employee or charges for services rendered to the officer or employee are at the discretion of the Board. 2. The Director shall notify the Legislature at each […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in addition to his or her regular salary, each person employed by the Department of Corrections or the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at the Southern Nevada Correctional Center, the Southern Desert Correctional Center, the Indian Springs Conservation Camp, the […]
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 raised by the Department from private employers for the leasing of space, facilities or equipment within […]
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 pursuant to subparagraph (3) of paragraph (a) of subsection 3 or subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 4 of NRS […]
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 relating to the use of the modern structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison; and […]
1. The Offenders’ Store Fund is hereby created as a special revenue fund. All money received for the benefit of offenders through contributions, and from other sources not otherwise required to be deposited in another fund, must be deposited in the Offenders’ Store Fund. 2. The Director shall: (a) Keep, or cause to be kept, […]
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 credited to the Fund and may only be disbursed as authorized by the Legislature. 2. The provisions of this chapter do not create a right […]
