1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the Chief may order the residential confinement of a parolee if the Chief believes that the parolee does not pose a danger to the community and will appear at a scheduled inquiry or hearing.

2. In ordering the residential confinement of a parolee, the Chief shall:

(a) Require the parolee to be confined to his or her residence during the time the parolee is away from his or her employment, community service or other activity authorized by the Division; and

(b) Require intensive supervision of the parolee, including, without limitation, unannounced visits to his or her residence or other locations where the parolee is expected to be to determine whether the parolee is complying with the terms of his or her confinement.

3. An electronic device approved by the Division may be used to supervise a parolee who is ordered to be placed in residential confinement. The device may be capable of using the Global Positioning System, but must be minimally intrusive and limited in capability to recording or transmitting information concerning the location of the parolee, including, without limitation, the transmission of still visual images which do not concern the activities of the parolee, and producing, upon request, reports or records of the parolee’s presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area or his or her departure from a specified geographic location. A device which is capable of recording or transmitting:

(a) Oral or wire communications or any auditory sound; or

(b) Information concerning the activities of the parolee,

must not be used.

4. The Chief shall not order a parolee to be placed in residential confinement unless the parolee agrees to the order.

5. Any residential confinement must not extend beyond the unexpired maximum term of the original sentence of the parolee.

6. The Chief shall not order a parolee who is serving a sentence for committing a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 to be placed in residential confinement unless the Chief makes a finding that the parolee is not likely to pose a threat to the victim of the battery.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 311; A 1993, 1528; 1995, 579, 1261; 1997, 1816; 2001 Special Session, 139; 2015, 353)