Nevada
Nevada’s Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission (POST) certifies Department of Corrections officers as category III peace officers after a 160-hour basic course, and certifies parole and probation officers as category I officers. No state body sets or inspects county jail standards. Since 2023 the State has capped solitary confinement in state prisons at 15 consecutive days, required a report within 5 hours whenever a pregnant or postpartum offender is restrained, limited cross-gender searches, added new disqualifiers and National Decertification Index checks, opened a reciprocity route for out-of-state corrections officers, and extended occupational disease coverage to all category III officers. Entries are dated by effective date.
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At a glance
- Certifying body
- Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission (POST). It certifies category III peace officers, whose authority is “limited to correctional services, including the superintendents and correctional officers of the Department of Corrections” (NRS 289.480), and parole and probation officers of the Department of Public Safety’s Division of Parole and Probation (289.180). Every person with peace officer powers must be certified within 1 year of starting, with one extension of up to 6 months; the Director of Corrections and the Chief Parole and Probation Officer are exempt (289.550). POST is covered on the Nevada Officer Ledger page.
- Statute
- NRS 289.450 to 289.680 (POST, certification, decertification); NRS 289.010 to 289.120 (peace officer rights in investigations, which cover correctional officers); NRS chapter 209 (Department of Corrections, including staff training in 209.1315 and solitary confinement in 209.368 to 209.369); NRS chapter 211 (local jails). Rules: NAC chapter 289.
- Minimum standards
- By statute, no one may serve as a category I, II, or III officer if convicted of a felony or of battery constituting domestic violence (even if sealed or expunged), if reported to the National Decertification Index, or if decertified by POST or another state (NRS 289.555). By rule: a documented background investigation showing good moral character, U.S. citizenship, age 21, a high school diploma or equivalency, and a medical exam; the investigation includes employment, criminal, driving, and financial history, a drug screen, a psychological evaluation, and an implicit-bias evaluation, and “may include” a lie-detector test for category III (NAC 289.110(1) to (3)). Also barred by rule: convictions involving moral turpitude or the unlawful use, sale, or possession of a controlled substance (except marijuana offenses no longer unlawful, since December 15, 2023), a documented history of physical violence, or a termination or resignation in lieu of termination for substantiated dishonesty (NAC 289.110(4), (5)).
- Basic training
- Category III (corrections): a 160-hour basic course covering correctional law, institution searches, use of force, care of persons in custody, classification and receiving, crisis intervention, supervision of offenders, arrest and control tactics, active-assailant and firearms training, mental illness, and first aid (NAC 289.160). Training category I (officers whose primary functions include patrol, criminal investigation, and traffic enforcement): 480 hours (NAC 289.140). Each agency administrator assigns its officers’ training category (NAC 289.130); the training category used for parole and probation officers was not verified. An enrollee may be required to pass the state physical fitness examination (NAC 289.300(1)(b)). Since April 19, 2024, an out-of-state or FLETC-trained corrections officer may earn a category III certificate by reciprocity after a 40-hour course and the state exam (NAC 289.201).
- In-service training
- Every peace officer, including category III, must complete at least 12 hours of continuing education a year on listed topics, with interactions with persons with developmental disabilities added October 1, 2025 (NRS 289.510; see the Officer Ledger page). Department of Corrections facility training, a program the Director “may continue to develop and implement” under NRS 209.1315(1), must include evidence-based practices, domestic violence and trauma, behavioral health and disability topics, and, since 2023, cultural competency for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex offenders; staff in units that use solitary confinement get additional training in communication, crisis intervention, and de-escalation (NRS 209.1315).
- Decertification
- The same POST process applies to category III officers. A felony conviction or plea means the certificate will be revoked; other listed grounds “constitute cause” to revoke, refuse, or suspend (NAC 289.290). Agencies must immediately notify POST of qualifying criminal charges and of resignations during pending misconduct investigations (NRS 289.585), and the Executive Director must report each revocation to the National Decertification Index (289.530(2)). Grounds, procedure, and the gaps between statute and regulation are on the Officer Ledger page. No public decertification list was found.
- Jail standards
- No state board that sets or inspects county or city jail standards was found in NRS chapter 211; jails are run by the sheriff, chief of police, or town marshal. Chapter 211 imposes specific duties, including HIV treatment (211.152), medical-release notification (211.153), medication-assisted treatment (211.400), and the labor-and-delivery restraint limit (211.155).
- Probation and parole officers
- Parole and probation officers of the Division of Parole and Probation have peace officer powers (NRS 289.180), must be POST-certified within 1 year of hire (289.550), are category I officers by statute (NRS 289.460), though the agency administrator assigns their training category and basic-course length (NAC 289.130), and carry the same 12-hour annual continuing education requirement.
- Restrictive housing
- Statutory limits since January 1, 2024. “Solitary confinement” means confinement to a cell at least 22 hours a day. The Department of Corrections or a private prison may not hold an offender in solitary for more than 15 consecutive days, within 90 days of projected release, or with a serious mental illness or other significant mental impairment unless a provider of health care orders it for safety. Each person in solitary gets a daily health and welfare check by a provider of health care. Continuation past 15 days is allowed only if the offender refuses removal, for medical necessity, or on a multidisciplinary team’s finding of threat, for no more than another 15 consecutive days. Disciplinary segregation is capped at 15 consecutive days with listed exceptions (NRS 209.0843, 209.368 to 209.369).
- Corrections use of force
- No restraints of any kind may be used on a prison offender or jail prisoner who is in labor, delivering, or in the postpartum period (prison) or recuperating from delivery (jail), unless there are compelling reasons to believe she presents a serious and immediate threat of harm or a substantial flight risk that cannot be managed by other means; only the least restrictive restraints may be used (NRS 209.376; 211.155). Since October 1, 2023, a Department of Corrections staff member who orders restraints on a pregnant or postpartum offender must report to the warden or manager within 5 hours. NRS 171.1455 (de-escalation, objectively reasonable force) is framed around arrests; no other corrections-specific use-of-force statute was found.
Changes, 2023 to 2026
All category III officers count as police officers for occupational disease coverage
NRS 617.135 already listed uniformed Department of Corrections employees with regular offender contact, parole and probation officers, and certain forensic-facility correctional officers. AB 93 adds: “Any category I peace officer ... category II peace officer ... and category III peace officer ... who is not otherwise included in subsections 1 to 20, inclusive.” Other statutes borrow this definition, so the change also reaches industrial insurance, jury-service exemption, temporary-disability pay, and survivor group insurance.
For corrections staff: Any category III officer not already listed in NRS 617.135 now gets the occupational disease coverage that applies to police.
Annual continuing education must cover developmental disabilities
The 12 hours of annual continuing education required of every peace officer, including category III corrections officers, now include “Interactions with persons with developmental disabilities which may include, without limitation, training on recognizing and responding to persons with an autism spectrum disorder.” Certification-level training under NRS 289.605 may cover listed autism topics, including safety challenges for people with autism in correctional facilities.
For corrections staff: Your 12 annual continuing-education hours must include a developmental disabilities topic.
Investigation rights: specific notice of allegations, 48 hours’ notice for witness interviews, and no raise freezes as punishment
These peace officer rights apply to category III corrections officers. SB 279 requires the written notice to an officer under investigation to set out “with specificity” the alleged acts or omissions and their date, time, and location (or state that they are unknown), and bars interviewing an officer as a witness on less than 48 hours’ written notice. SB 298 adds a denial of an increase in seniority or pay, for purposes of punishment, to the definition of “punitive action” and, with exceptions, bars such a denial while an investigation is pending.
For corrections staff: If you are under internal investigation, you must get a specific written summary of the allegations, and a pending investigation alone cannot freeze a step raise.
Statutes of Nevada 2025, ch. 191 Statutes of Nevada 2025, ch. 395
Women’s screening exams follow age and risk; regimental discipline program repealed
NRS 209.3817 now requires the Department of Corrections to provide an annual pelvic exam and mammogram only if the woman is over a set age or a provider recommends it based on history or risk factors. The act repeals the requirement that the Director run a program of regimental discipline (boot camp) and the related court authority.
For corrections staff: The Department no longer has to operate a regimental discipline program.
Notice of a pending revocation may be served in person
NAC 289.290(4) required notice of a pending revocation or suspension by certified mail. It now reads: “The Commission will notify the officer by personal service or by certified mail at the officer’s last known address of any pending revocation or suspension action.” The grounds for revocation did not change.
For corrections staff: Notice that POST is moving to revoke or suspend your certificate may now be handed to you in person.
Category III certificate by reciprocity for out-of-state and federally trained corrections officers
SB 323 required POST to adopt reciprocity standards for people certified as category III officers, or the equivalent, in another state, or who completed an equivalent federal program. NAC 289.201 followed: “The Executive Director may award a basic certificate by reciprocity to any person if the person: (a) Is currently employed in another state in a position that is equivalent to the position of a category III peace officer in this State,” or held one within 60 months, meets the NAC 289.110 hiring standards, shows unrevoked equivalent certification, equivalent training, or a FLETC custody and detention program, scores at least 70 percent on the state exam, and completes a POST-approved course of at least 40 hours. The hiring agency may require the physical fitness test.
For corrections staff: A corrections officer certified in another state or trained by FLETC can be certified in Nevada through a 40-hour course and the exam instead of the 160-hour academy.
Statutory limits on solitary confinement and disciplinary segregation in state prisons
Solitary confinement is cell restriction of at least 22 hours a day. The Department of Corrections and private prisons “shall not place an offender in solitary confinement: (a) For a period which exceeds 15 consecutive days,” within 90 days of projected release, or with a serious mental illness or significant mental impairment unless a provider of health care orders it. A provider of health care must check each person in solitary daily, and an offender who had refused removal must be removed within 24 hours of asking. Solitary may continue past 15 days if the offender refuses removal, if a provider of health care recommends it as medically necessary, or if a multidisciplinary team (including a housing-unit correctional officer, a mental health clinician, a case worker, a correctional supervisor, and an associate warden) finds a threat. A team-based extension may not exceed another 15 consecutive days. Any continuation past 15 days must be reported to the Director within 24 hours and every 15 days, and records are kept 1 year. Disciplinary segregation is capped at 15 consecutive days with exceptions and must allow visits or phone access. Staff who work with offenders in solitary need specific training, and the Department reports yearly (first report due July 1, 2024).
For corrections staff: Prison staff must end solitary at 15 consecutive days unless the offender refuses removal, a provider of health care finds it medically necessary, or a multidisciplinary team documents a threat, and must make sure a provider of health care checks each person daily.
Past marijuana convictions no longer bar appointment if the conduct is now lawful
NAC 289.110(4) bars appointing a person convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude or the unlawful use, sale, or possession of a controlled substance. New subsection 5: “The provisions of subsection 4 do not apply to a person who has been convicted of an offense involving the unlawful use, sale or possession of marijuana if the offense is not unlawful at the time the person submits an application for certification as a peace officer.” The rule applies to every category, including category III.
For corrections staff: A past marijuana conviction for conduct that is now legal no longer keeps an applicant out of a corrections officer job.
New disqualifiers, a sworn application, separation reporting, and Index checks for category III officers
NRS 289.555 had disqualified only a person “convicted of a felony.” It now also disqualifies, expressly for category I, II, and III officers, a person convicted of a domestic-violence battery or an out-of-state misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (even if expunged or sealed), a person reported to the National Decertification Index, and a person decertified by POST or another state. Applications must include an affidavit that the applicant is not disqualified and was not fired, disciplined, asked to resign, or separated during a pending investigation for conduct that would be grounds for denial or revocation; “The Commission shall summarily deny any application for certification as a peace officer if the application does not include the affidavit.” Agencies must immediately notify POST of qualifying criminal charges and of resignations during pending misconduct investigations. Details are on the Officer Ledger page.
For corrections staff: A corrections officer who resigns while under investigation is reported to POST, and a domestic-violence conviction or an Index listing bars certification.
Cross-gender search limits, prenatal care policies, and a 5-hour report on restraining pregnant or postpartum offenders
Each Department of Corrections institution must adopt standards of conduct for male staff interactions with incarcerated women. The policy must bar a male correctional staff member from searching a woman who is undressed in a private location unless there are extraordinary circumstances and a female staff member is present; a male staff member who does so must report in writing to the warden or manager within 72 hours. The act requires needs assessments, medical and behavioral health access, free menstrual products, and prenatal and postnatal care policies. New NRS 209.376(3): “A correctional staff member who orders the use of restraints on an offender who is pregnant or in the postpartum period shall submit a written report to the warden of the institution or manager of the facility,” giving the reasons, within 5 hours. The labor-and-delivery restraint limit itself dates from 2011.
For corrections staff: Document any restraint of a pregnant or postpartum woman within 5 hours, and a male officer may search an undressed woman only in extraordinary circumstances with a female officer present.
Corrections training must include cultural competency for transgender and intersex offenders
Department of Corrections facility training now includes “Training in cultural competency for interacting with offenders who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex.” The Director, with the approval of the Board of State Prison Commissioners, had to adopt standards for the supervision, custody, housing, and medical and mental health care of those offenders, with regulations due by January 1, 2024.
For corrections staff: Department of Corrections training includes a required transgender and intersex cultural-competency component.
Enacted, not yet in force, pending, and bills that did not pass
One enacted act waiting to take effect was found: SB 413 (2023), below, whose start date was postponed twice. No other enacted Nevada act affecting corrections staff that is waiting to take effect was found in the 2025 regular session or the 36th Special Session (November 2025). Bills from 2023 and 2025 that did not pass were not swept; this review covered the enacted chapters of the 2023 and 2025 Statutes of Nevada and the 36th Special Session.
- SB 413 (2023), ch. 394, Statutes of Nevada 2023: sections 1 to 10 take effect July 1, 2027 for all purposes other than adopting regulations and preparatory tasks. The act sets a revised method for computing credits that reduce an offender’s sentence, tied to the programming and placement identified in the offender’s risk and needs assessment. The Director “shall” give each offender a list of the programs identified in that assessment and the programs available at the offender’s institution or facility, and “submit a report” to the State Board of Parole Commissioners, with the parole data, listing the programs provided and those completed. The Board of State Prison Commissioners must adopt regulations on awarding, forfeiting, and restoring the credits. The act originally set July 1, 2025; chapter 507, Statutes of Nevada 2025, moved it to July 1, 2026, and AB 4 (36th Special Session, ch. 9, sec. 58.7) moved it to July 1, 2027. 2023 Statutes, ch. 394 Statutes, 36th Special Session
Checked and unchanged
- NRS 209.376 (labor-and-delivery restraint limit in prisons): dates from 2011; AB 292 added only the 5-hour report in 209.376(3).
- NRS 289.480 (category III definition): SB 8 (2023) only renumbered it.
- Not counted: AB 4 (36th Special Session, ch. 9, effective January 1, 2026) creates a Department of Corrections alternative correctional program and amends jail medication-assisted treatment (NRS 211.400); it does not change staff certification. Statutes, 36th Special Session
- Not verified: whether the Director has adopted the solitary confinement regulations NRS 209.368 requires; whether county detention officers in each county are classified as category II or category III.
Bills in the legislature
Bills in the current session whose title concerns corrections officers, jails, probation and parole, and conditions of confinement, found automatically in LegiScan's copy of the legislature's records and refreshed daily (last on October 21, 2026). This list is not reviewed by an editor and is not a summary of the bills; each links to the legislature's own page, which controls. Bills that become law are added to the dated entries above once checked.
- Failed
AB16: Makes an appropriation to Mineral County for the construction of a new county jail. (BDR S-410)
Last action June 3, 2025: (No further action taken.). 83rd Legislature (2025).
- Enacted
SB35: Revises provisions governing certain offenses relating to prisoners. (BDR 16-444)
Last action June 9, 2025: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 437. (Effective October 1, 2025). 83rd Legislature (2025).
- Enacted
AB477: Revises provisions relating to the counting of incarcerated persons for purposes of the apportionment of the population for certain election districts. (BDR 16-1134)
Last action May 30, 2025: Chapter 151.. 83rd Legislature (2025).
The law, section by section
Every section of the statutes and rules this page relies on that could be read from an official source, 339 in all, each linked to the official text. Headings are copied from the official tables of contents, checked October 21, 2026.
Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 289 (Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel), Sections 289.010 to 289.120 and 289.450 to 289.680: Rights of Peace Officers; Certification, Training and OperationsStatute · 43 sections
Official text current through Legislative Counsel Bureau NRS chapter page, page stamp "[Rev. 4/15/2026]" (read 2026-10-21). Only the parts of chapter 289 the page cites are listed (general provisions and rights of peace officers in investigations, 289.010 to 289.120; certification, training and operations, 289.450 to 289.680), grouped by the chapter's headings. NRS 289.010 to 289.120; 289.450 to 289.680, official text
GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 289.010 Definitions.
RIGHTS OF PEACE OFFICERS
- 289.020 Punitive action prohibited for exercise of rights under internal procedure; opportunity for hearing; right to representation; refusal to cooperate in criminal investigation punishable as insubordination.
- 289.025 Confidentiality of home address and photograph of peace officer in possession of law enforcement agency; exceptions.
- 289.027 Law enforcement agency required to adopt policies and procedures concerning service of certain subpoenas on peace officers.
- 289.030 Law enforcement agency prohibited from requiring peace officer to disclose financial information or provide attestation concerning use of cannabis before application for employment; exception; construction of section.
- 289.035 Law enforcement agency prohibited from ordering, mandating or requiring peace officer to issue certain number of traffic citations or make certain number of arrests.
- 289.040 Law enforcement agency prohibited from placing unfavorable comment or document in administrative file of peace officer; exception; right to respond; provision of copy of comment or document; right to review administrative file under certain circumstances.
- 289.050 Consequences of refusal to submit to polygraphic examination.
- 289.055 Establishment and availability of written procedures for investigating complaints and allegations of misconduct.
- 289.057 Investigation of allegation of misconduct; law enforcement agency prohibited from taking certain actions during investigation; review of file by peace officer under certain circumstances; law enforcement agency prohibited from keeping or making record of investigation or punitive action; reassignment of peace officer under certain circumstances.
- 289.060 Notification and requirements for interview, interrogation or hearing relating to investigation; prohibition against use of certain statements or answers in subsequent criminal proceedings.
- 289.070 Use of polygraphic examination in investigation.
- 289.080 Right to presence and assistance of representatives at interview, interrogation or hearing relating to investigation; confidential information; disclosure; record of interview, interrogation or hearing; right of subject of investigation to notice of intent to recommend punitive action, to submit response to such recommendation and to review and copy investigation file upon appeal.
- 289.085 Inadmissibility of evidence obtained unlawfully during investigation; dismissal of administrative proceeding or civil action when evidence obtained unlawfully and in bad faith during investigation.
- 289.090 Inapplicability of certain provisions to investigation concerning alleged criminal activities.
- 289.092 Suspension without pay pending criminal prosecution; award of back pay under certain circumstances.
- 289.095 Investigation of motor vehicle crashes involving peace officers.
- 289.100 Limitations on application of chapter.
- 289.110 Report concerning improper governmental action; investigation of report; reprisal by employer prohibited.
- 289.120 Judicial relief available for aggrieved peace officer.
CERTIFICATION, TRAINING AND OPERATIONS: General Provisions
- 289.450 Definitions.
- 289.460 “Category I peace officer” defined.
- 289.470 “Category II peace officer” defined.
- 289.480 “Category III peace officer” defined.
- 289.490 “Commission” defined.
CERTIFICATION, TRAINING AND OPERATIONS: Administration
- 289.500 Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission: Creation; membership; terms and compensation of members.
- 289.510 Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission: Powers and duties; regulations; construction of section.
- 289.520 Executive Director: Appointment; qualifications; classification; restrictions on other employment; removal.
- 289.530 Powers and duties of Executive Director.
- 289.540 Account for the Training of Peace Officers: Creation; administration; acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests, grants, money or other financial assistance; expenditures.
CERTIFICATION, TRAINING AND OPERATIONS: Peace Officers
- 289.550 Persons required to be certified by Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission; period by which certification is required.
- 289.555 Circumstances under which person is not qualified to serve as peace officer.
- 289.557 Application for certification as peace officer must include affidavit regarding qualification for service and certain previous employment actions; consequences for failure to include affidavit; duty of Commission to search certain Index or database regarding applicant.
- 289.560 Application for certification as peace officer to include social security number. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
- 289.570 Submission of statement by applicant for certification as peace officer regarding payment of child support; grounds for denial of certification; duty of Commission. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
- 289.580 Suspension of certification as peace officer for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certification. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
- 289.585 Requirement for law enforcement agency to notify Commission regarding certain criminal charges filed against or certain separation from employment of peace officers; provision to Commission of summary of outcome of investigation pending at time of separation.
- 289.595 Training in effective responses to incidents involving dogs or where dogs are present; adoption of policies and regulations.
- 289.600 Training in dealing with crimes of stalking and aggravated stalking as condition of certification.
- 289.605 Training in identifying and interacting with persons with developmental disabilities as condition of certification.
CERTIFICATION, TRAINING AND OPERATIONS: Law Enforcement Dispatchers
- 289.650 Voluntary program for training; certification of instructors and law enforcement dispatchers; regulations.
CERTIFICATION, TRAINING AND OPERATIONS: Behavioral Health Issues
Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 209: Department of CorrectionsStatute · 185 sections
Official text current through Legislative Counsel Bureau NRS chapter page, page stamp "[Rev. 4/15/2026]" (read 2026-10-21). Full chapter, grouped by the chapter's headings. Repealed sections (209.356) omitted. Sections printed twice in the table of contents because of alternate versions (209.111, 209.4465, 209.4475, 209.4477, 209.448, 209.449) are listed once, with the heading of the first (currently effective) entry. NRS ch. 209, official text
DEFINITIONS
- 209.011 Definitions.
- 209.021 “Board” defined.
- 209.031 “Classification” defined.
- 209.041 “Custody” defined.
- 209.051 “Department” defined.
- 209.061 “Director” defined.
- 209.062 “Disciplinary segregation” defined.
- 209.065 “Facility” defined.
- 209.067 “Gender non-binary” defined.
- 209.068 “Gender non-conforming” defined.
- 209.069 “General population” defined.
- 209.071 “Institution” defined.
- 209.072 “Intersex” defined.
- 209.075 “Manager” defined.
- 209.077 “Medical Director” defined.
- 209.081 “Offender” defined.
- 209.083 “Private facility or institution” defined.
- 209.084 “Serious mental illness or other significant mental impairment” defined.
- 209.0843 “Solitary confinement” defined.
- 209.0847 “Transgender” defined.
- 209.085 “Warden” defined.
ADMINISTRATION OF DEPARTMENT
- 209.101 Department created; Board of State Prison Commissioners.
- 209.111 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.]
- 209.116 Board to adopt regulations establishing maximum number of prisoners who may be incarcerated in private facility or institution.
- 209.121 Director: Appointment; qualifications; salary; other employment prohibited.
- 209.131 Director: General duties.
- 209.1315 Director: Training of correctional staff.
- 209.132 Director: Delegation of power, duty or function.
- 209.134 Director: Submission to county clerk of list of offenders released from prison or discharged from parole.
- 209.136 Director: Notification of Legislature regarding certain matters.
- 209.141 Agreements with governmental agencies and private organizations.
- 209.151 Deputy directors: Appointment; duties; other employment prohibited.
- 209.153 Deputy Director for Industrial Programs: Retirement benefits.
- 209.161 Wardens of institutions: Appointment; duties.
- 209.181 Officers and employees residing at institution or facility: Charges and perquisites; notice to Legislature.
- 209.183 Travel expenses authorized for certain employees at specified correctional centers and conservation camps; exceptions.
- 209.189 Fund for Prison Industries.
- 209.192 Fund for New Construction of Facilities for Prison Industries.
- 209.194 Silver State Industries Endowment Fund.
- 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.
- 209.225 Investment and disbursement of interest and income of Offenders’ Store Fund.
- 209.229 Operation of vending machines in visitors’ areas; profits from operation to be deposited in Offenders’ Store Fund.
- 209.231 Deposit of money received from operation of conservation camp into Division of Forestry Account; powers and duties of State Forester Firewarden.
- 209.234 Regulations governing personal property of offenders.
- 209.235 Regulations governing operation of commissary in institution or facility.
- 209.239 Adoption of policy by warden or manager concerning personal property of offenders.
- 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.
- 209.243 Administrative claim by prisoner for loss of personal property, property damage, personal injuries or other claims; regulations.
- 209.244 Attorney General may establish program for mediating complaints from offenders; duties.
- 209.2445 Office of the Ombudsperson for Offenders: Establishment; appointment of Ombudsperson; powers and duties of Ombudsperson; funding; access to information.
- 209.246 Deductions from individual account of offender.
- 209.247 Deductions from individual account of offender: Limitation on deductions; order of priority.
- 209.2473 Regulations regarding deductions.
- 209.2475 Deductions from individual account of offender: Limitations; disposition of remaining money upon release of offender; reduction or elimination; transmittal.
- 209.248 Account for disbursements to offenders: Establishment; use; reimbursement.
- 209.249 Package program for offenders: Establishment; prohibition on participation.
- 209.251 Books and papers kept by Board or Director: Inspection; delivery to successors.
- 209.253 Treatment of offenders with human immunodeficiency virus.
- 209.254 Department to provide list of persons eligible for parole.
TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSFER OF OFFENDERS
- 209.261 Transportation of offender to appropriate institution or facility.
- 209.273 Unnecessary expense not allowed; offenders transported collectively.
- 209.274 Transportation of offender to appear before court.
- 209.2745 Payment for transportation of offender to appear as witness in action for small claims.
- 209.276 Reimbursement for transportation of witness in action by offender concerning civil rights.
- 209.281 Temporary interstate transportation.
- 209.291 Transfer of offenders: Within Department; to other governmental agencies; between United States and foreign country.
- 209.293 Transfer of offender to correctional institution of another state.
- 209.301 Transfer of minors to state facility for detention of children.
- 209.311 Transfer of persons detained in local facility to institution or facility of Department for safekeeping.
- 209.321 Transfer of offender for psychiatric observation or treatment.
- 209.331 Medical evaluation or treatment of offender outside institution or facility.
CUSTODY, CARE AND EDUCATION OF OFFENDERS
- 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.
- 209.345 Director to establish system to track expenses related to housing youthful offenders; report regarding expenses tracked by system.
- 209.351 Director to establish system of ongoing classification and evaluation for offenders and to maintain records.
- 209.3515 Director may request or provide medical or mental health records of certain offenders.
- 209.3517 Director may apply for determination of eligibility for Medicaid on behalf of offender.
- 209.352 Director may establish system for offender management.
- 209.353 Department to collect and submit information regarding offenders to Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.
- 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.
- 209.358 Director to adopt regulations regarding offenders who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex.
- 209.361 Director to adopt regulations and penalties for violations.
- 209.362 Adoption of policy for interactions between male correctional staff member and woman who is incarcerated; requirements of policy.
- 209.365 Director to establish program to prevent offenders from possessing or receiving certain publications.
- 209.367 Director to establish program for testing of offenders for use of alcohol and controlled substances.
- 209.368 Solitary confinement: Regulations.
- 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.
- 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 documents.
- 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.
- 209.371 Corporal punishment and inhumane treatment prohibited.
- 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.
- 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.
- 209.381 Diet, housing and hygiene of offenders; medical and dental services of institutions and facilities.
- 209.3813 Access to prescription medication.
- 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.
- 209.3815 Autopsy of offenders.
- 209.3817 Care of women in custody: Completion of form at intake; access to certain services; provision of feminine hygiene products; regulations.
- 209.382 Chief Medical Officer to examine and report on medical and dental services, diet of offenders, sanitation and safety in institutions and facilities.
- 209.3825 Order by court affecting conditions of confinement of prisoner; Director entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard; exception.
- 209.387 Legislative findings and declarations regarding programs for education of offenders.
- 209.389 Board to establish programs for general education, vocational education and training and other rehabilitation.
- 209.391 Director to administer programs of education, training and rehabilitation, to establish programs for counseling, research, statistics and planning and to purchase textbooks.
- 209.392 Residential confinement: Duration; notification to victim; eligibility; violation of terms or conditions; status; restitution.
- 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.
- 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; restitution.
- 209.393 Regulations regarding literacy of offenders.
- 209.396 Limitations on assignment of offender to industrial or vocational school; educational requirements for offender with developmental, learning or other disability.
- 209.399 Department to provide information and programming regarding financial planning and aid; assistance with Free Application for Federal Student Aid; report.
- 209.401 Director may establish facilities for offenders to live in community.
- 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.
- 209.417 Use of authorized telecommunications devices by offenders; regulations.
- 209.419 Interception of offender’s communications by telecommunications devices: Notice; exceptions.
- 209.422 Visitation of offenders: Regulations.
- 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.
- 209.42303 Institution or facility required to provide offender with access to certain mail; procedure for exemption from requirement.
- 209.42305 Prisoner contact with child of prisoner; use of equipment for videoconference.
TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS WITH ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS: Programs of Treatment for Offenders with Substance Use or Co-Occurring Disorders
- 209.4231 Definitions.
- 209.42315 “Co-occurring disorder” defined.
- 209.4232 “Division” defined.
- 209.4233 “Program of aftercare” defined.
- 209.42335 “Program of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders” defined.
- 209.4234 “Substance use disorder” defined.
- 209.4236 Director to establish programs of treatment for offenders with substance use or co-occurring disorders.
- 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.
- 209.4238 Programs of aftercare.
- 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.
- 209.424 Offenders excluded from participation.
- 209.4242 Director may contract with qualified persons.
- 209.4244 Report by Director to Legislature.
TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS WITH ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS: Program of Medication-Assisted Treatment
- 209.4247 Establishment of program; collaboration with Department of Human Services; eligibility to participate in program; participants not subject to discipline on certain bases.
TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS WITH ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS: Program for Treatment of Certain Offenders Imprisoned for Driving Under Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Controlled Substance
- 209.425 Establishment of program; program to include rehabilitation, education and counseling; assignment of wages.
- 209.427 Assignment of offender to program; withdrawal of offender from program.
- 209.429 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.
DIVERSION PROGRAM FOR PROBATION VIOLATORS
- 209.4291 Establishment of program; duties of Department; condition of participation in program.
- 209.4293 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.
- 209.4295 Payment of cost of supervision and treatment; performance of community service as contribution toward cost; issuance of judgment for unpaid costs.
- 209.4297 Release of probationer from supervision; completion of remaining or additional period of probation; revocation of probation.
- 209.4299 Submission of report concerning probationers participating in program.
CREDITS ON TERM OF IMPRISONMENT
- 209.432 Definitions.
- 209.433 Credits for offender sentenced on or before June 30, 1969.
- 209.443 Credits for offender sentenced after June 30, 1969, for crime committed before July 1, 1985.
- 209.446 Credits for offender sentenced for crime committed on or after July 1, 1985, but before July 17, 1997.
- 209.4465 Credits for offender sentenced for crime committed on or after July 17, 1997. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]
- 209.4467 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.]
- 209.447 Credits for offender sentenced after June 30, 1991, for crime committed before July 1, 1985, and released on parole.
- 209.4475 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.]
- 209.4477 Credits for offender incarcerated during state of emergency due to communicable or infectious disease. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]
- 209.448 Credits for completion of program of treatment for an alcohol or other substance use disorder. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]
- 209.449 Credits for completion of vocational education and training or other program. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]
- 209.4495 Limitation on amount of credit offender may earn.
- 209.451 Forfeiture and restoration of credits.
- 209.453 Expedited resolution of challenge to computation of time served.
EMPLOYMENT OF OFFENDERS
- 209.457 Program for operating conservation camps.
- 209.459 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.
- 209.461 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.
- 209.4615 Offender to obtain approval of Director for employment, contractual activity or business activity; private employment of offender.
- 209.462 Director to provide secure facility for production of license plates.
- 209.463 Deductions from wages earned by offender during incarceration; limitation on deductions; priority of deductions.
- 209.471 Offender may be allowed to participate in program beneficial to community.
- 209.481 Assignment of offender to institution or facility of minimum security.
INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
- 209.4815 Procedure for emergency purchase of supplies, materials or equipment.
- 209.4818 Interim Finance Committee: Duties relating to industrial programs.
RESTITUTION TO VICTIMS
- 209.4827 Centers to house offenders.
- 209.4829 Assignment of offender to center.
- 209.4831 Deduction from wages of offender for living expenses.
- 209.4837 Agreement for assignment and distribution of wages of offender; schedule of restitution.
- 209.4841 Distribution of earnings of offender.
- 209.4843 Termination of payments of restitution.
ALTERNATIVE CORRECTIONAL, CORRECTIONAL AND JUDICIAL PROGRAMS
- 209.4871 Definitions.
- 209.4872 “Alternative correctional program” defined.
- 209.4873 “Correctional program” defined.
- 209.4874 “Division” defined.
- 209.4877 “Judicial program” defined.
- 209.488 “Reentry court” defined.
- 209.4883 Judicial program: Establishment; assignment of offenders; supervision of offenders.
- 209.4886 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.
- 209.4887 Correctional program: Establishment; assignment of offenders; restitution.
- 209.4888 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.
- 209.48883 Alternative correctional program: Establishment; assignment of offenders.
- 209.48887 Report concerning alternative correctional program.
- 209.4889 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.
RELEASE OR ESCAPE OF OFFENDER
- 209.492 Status while participating in work or educational release program or other assignment.
- 209.501 Temporary furloughs.
- 209.511 Duties and authorized actions of Director relating to release of offenders from prison; medical debt owed to Department; payment of costs.
- 209.517 Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles when certain offenders have completed period of imprisonment or are placed on residential confinement.
- 209.521 Notification of victim of escape or release of offender.
Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 211: Local Facilities for DetentionStatute · 61 sections
Official text current through Legislative Counsel Bureau NRS chapter page, page stamp "[Rev. 4/15/2026]" (read 2026-10-21). Full chapter, grouped by the chapter's headings. NRS ch. 211, official text
GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 211.002 “Basic demographics” defined.
- 211.007 Required information before questioning prisoner regarding immigration status.
COUNTY JAILS
- 211.010 County to maintain county jail; location; agreements for detention of prisoners.
- 211.020 Duties of county commissioners.
- 211.030 Sheriff is custodian of jail; appointment and compensation of jailers; report of death of prisoner; biannual report regarding deaths of prisoners.
- 211.040 Transfer of prisoners.
- 211.050 Forfeiture by sheriff or jailer who defrauds prisoner of allowance; action by board of county commissioners.
- 211.060 Detention of United States prisoners in county jails.
- 211.080 Prisoner may be removed to another jail: Procedure; costs.
BRANCH COUNTY JAILS
- 211.090 Branch county jails may be established; confinement of prisoners.
- 211.110 Jailer may be directed to work prisoners in branch jails on public roads.
CITY JAILS
- 211.115 Appointment of administrator.
- 211.116 Duties of governing body of city.
- 211.117 Report by person appointed to administer city jail upon death of prisoner; biannual report of aggregated data concerning deaths of prisoners in city jail.
MANAGEMENT OF PRISONERS
- 211.118 “Public works” defined.
- 211.120 Duty to arrange for use of prisoners’ labor; establishment of program to release prisoners for work or education.
- 211.130 Prisoners deemed sentenced to labor; exceptions; establishment of program for prisoners to exchange labor for confinement.
- 211.140 Control of prisoners; when court may enter order affecting conditions of confinement of prisoner; labor on public works; medical care of prisoners; coordination of care for treatment for mental health and substance use disorders.
- 211.150 Punishment for disobedience or refusal to work; reports.
- 211.152 Treatment of prisoners with human immunodeficiency virus.
- 211.153 Completion of medical release of information form by prisoner; notification of certain persons if prisoner is hospitalized or diagnosed with critical medical condition.
- 211.154 Access to prescription medication.
- 211.155 Limitations on use of restraints on prisoner who is in labor, delivering her baby or recuperating from delivery.
- 211.160 Prisoners to have guard; exceptions.
- 211.171 Exchange of labor for confinement: Eligibility of prisoner; regulations for performance of labor.
- 211.180 Exchange of labor for confinement: Promise of prisoner to appear; penalty for violation of promise.
- 211.190 Exchange of labor for confinement: Administrative fee.
- 211.200 Exchange of labor for confinement: Return of prisoner to confinement for violation of regulation.
- 211.210 Release for work or education: Application by prisoner; authority of administrator of program.
- 211.220 Release for work or education: Activities which may be included; conditions of employment.
- 211.230 Release for work or education: Temporary release for other purposes.
- 211.240 Early release of prisoners to relieve overcrowding.
- 211.2405 Sheriff, chief of police or town marshal may provide prisoner with information and assistance relating to acquiring driver’s license or identification card.
REIMBURSEMENT FROM PRISONERS
- 211.241 Definitions.
- 211.2411 “Alternative program” defined.
- 211.2413 “Prisoner” defined.
- 211.2415 Reimbursement for expenses incurred by county or city.
- 211.242 Investigation of financial status of prisoner required; prisoner to complete form to be used in investigation.
- 211.243 List of prisoners and information related to their incarceration and financial status to be provided upon request.
- 211.244 Demand for reimbursement; supervised community service to satisfy demand.
- 211.245 Civil action against prisoner who fails to make payment when due; temporary restraining order to prevent disposition of prisoner’s property; priority of payments for existing obligations.
- 211.246 Prisoner who refuses to cooperate in satisfying reimbursement may not receive reduction of term of imprisonment.
- 211.247 Information and assistance in securing reimbursement to be provided.
- 211.248 Reimbursements obtained to be credited to general fund of county or city.
- 211.249 Amount of reimbursement that may be sought from prisoner who served sentence intermittently.
ELECTRONIC SUPERVISION OF PRISONERS
- 211.250 Prerequisites for electronic supervision.
- 211.260 Eligibility of prisoners for electronic supervision and to participate in other programs.
- 211.270 Establishment and violation of rules and conditions for electronic supervision.
- 211.280 Fees for electronic supervision.
- 211.290 Contracting with private firm to perform electronic supervision.
- 211.300 Electronic supervision of unconvicted person detained before trial.
CREDITS ON TERM OF IMPRISONMENT
- 211.310 Credits for prisoner sentenced before October 1, 1991.
- 211.320 Credits for prisoner sentenced on or after October 1, 1991.
- 211.330 Credits for completion of educational, vocational or other program.
- 211.340 Credits for completion of program of treatment for alcohol or other substance use disorder.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- 211.350 Service of intermittent sentence: Administrative fee; conditions.
- 211.360 Establishment and operation of commissary.
- 211.370 Taking custody of prisoner for whom outstanding warrant for arrest by another law enforcement agency exists; payment of costs.
- 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.
- 211.390 Safekeeping of prisoners’ money and valuables: Reasonable deduction to pay for property damaged or destroyed by prisoner; notice and hearing.
- 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.
Nevada Administrative Code, Chapter 289: Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement PersonnelRules · 50 sections
Official text current through Legislative Counsel Bureau NAC chapter page: "[NAC-289 Revised Date: 4-26]", page stamp "[Rev. 6/7/2026]" (read 2026-10-21). Full chapter (the POST Commission rules). Sections printed twice in the table of contents because of alternate versions (289.200, 289.340) are listed once, with the heading of the first (currently effective) entry. NAC ch. 289, official text
GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 289.010 Definitions.
- 289.015 “Agency” defined.
- 289.017 “Agility run” defined.
- 289.020 “Basic certificate” defined.
- 289.025 “Basic training course” defined.
- 289.030 “Certified status” defined.
- 289.035 “Commission” defined.
- 289.040 “Duties of a peace officer” defined.
- 289.045 “Executive Director” defined.
- 289.047 “Executive level position” defined.
- 289.049 “First-line supervisor” defined.
- 289.050 “Immediate supervision” defined.
- 289.053 “Less than lethal weapon” defined.
- 289.055 “Lesson plan” defined.
- 289.057 “Management level position” defined.
- 289.060 “Peace officer” defined.
- 289.065 “Reserve officer” defined.
- 289.070 “School” defined.
- 289.075 “State certification examination” defined.
- 289.085 “Weapons of mass destruction” defined.
STANDARDS AND TRAINING
- 289.110 Minimum standards for appointment.
- 289.120 Basic course of training: Completion; attendance by reserve officer.
- 289.130 Training categories.
- 289.140 Minimum standard of training: Training category I.
- 289.150 Minimum standard of training: Training category II.
- 289.160 Minimum standard of training: Training category III.
- 289.170 Minimum standard of training: Reserve officers.
- 289.180 Minimum standard of training: Effective responses to incidents involving dogs or where dogs are present.
CERTIFICATES
- 289.200 Basic and reserve basic certificate: Requirements for certain certificates; extension of time to complete or waiver of certain requirements; request for certification; placement of basic certificate on inactive status; return to active status. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
- 289.201 Basic certificate by reciprocity as category III peace officer.
- 289.203 Command level basic certificate.
- 289.205 State physical fitness examination: Requirements.
- 289.210 Basic and reserve basic certificates: Authority granted; periods of effectiveness of reserve basic certificate; basic certificate is revocable privilege.
- 289.230 Basic or reserve certificate: Requirements for maintaining certificate and resuming duties; effect of failure to comply.
- 289.235 Voluntary surrender and subsequent reinstatement of basic certificate; report to Commission.
- 289.240 Intermediate certificate.
- 289.250 Advanced certificate.
- 289.255 Supervisor certificate.
- 289.260 Management certificate.
- 289.270 Executive certificate.
- 289.290 Denial, revocation or suspension of certificate; reinstatement of revoked certificate.
CERTIFICATION OF COURSES FOR TRAINING
- 289.300 Basic training courses.
- 289.310 Courses above level of basic training.
- 289.320 Denial of certification: Written notification of decision; appeal.
LAW ENFORCEMENT DISPATCHERS
- 289.335 Voluntary program for training: Minimum standard.
- 289.340 Qualifications for certification. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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