Applicability of certain provisions to custodian and prisoner assigned to private facility or institution; training to perform duties of correctional officer at private facility or institution; reimbursement to State for expenses relating to prisoner who escapes from private facility or institution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 212.1895
in effect1. The provisions of this section and NRS 212.030 to 212.130 , inclusive, and 212.160 to 212.189 , inclusive, apply to:
(a) A person who has custody of a prisoner assigned to a private facility or institution in this State; and
(b) A prisoner assigned to a private facility or institution in this State,
Ê to the same extent that those provisions would apply if the prisoner had been assigned to a facility or institution operated by the Department of Corrections.
2. A private organization that operates a private facility or institution must provide training to any person employed by the private facility or institution to perform the duties of a correctional officer described in subsection 5 of NRS 209.131 . The training must be equivalent to the training provided to a correctional officer in this State.
3. The private organization that operates a private facility or institution must reimburse the State for any expenses charged against the State or paid by the State pursuant to NRS 212.040 , 212.050 or 212.070 concerning a prisoner who escapes from the private facility or institution.
4. As used in this section:
(a) Prisoner means any person who is:
(1) Convicted of a crime under the laws of this State and sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison; or
(2) Convicted of a crime under the laws of another jurisdiction and sentenced to imprisonment by that jurisdiction.
(b) Private facility or institution has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 209.083 .
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-212.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026