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NRS 209.481 - Assignment of offender to institution or facility of minimum security.

NV Rev Stat § 209.481 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 176A.780, the Director shall not assign any prisoner to an institution or facility of minimum security if the prisoner:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484C.400, 484C.410, 484C.430, 484C.440, 488.420, 488.425 and 488.427, is not eligible for parole or release from prison within a reasonable period;

(b) Has recently committed a serious infraction of the rules of an institution or facility of the Department;

(c) Has not performed the duties assigned to him or her in a faithful and orderly manner;

(d) Has ever been convicted of a sexual offense that is punishable as a felony;

(e) Has, within the immediately preceding year, been convicted of any crime involving the use or threatened use of force or violence against a victim that is punishable as a felony; or

(f) Has attempted to escape or has escaped from an institution of the Department.

2. The Director shall, by regulation, establish procedures for classifying and selecting qualified prisoners.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1058; A 1981, 341; 1991, 218; 2001 Special Session, 196; 2005, 167, 617; 2007, 3178; 2013, 192, 1847)

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