Nevada Revised Statutes Section 209.417 - Correctional Institutions

Offenders not to have access to telecommunications devices; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the warden or manager of an institution or facility shall ensure that no offender in the institution or facility has access to a telecommunications device.

2. An offender may use a telephone subject to the limitations set forth in NRS 209.419.

3. As used in this section, “telecommunications device” means a device that can be used by an offender to communicate with a person outside of the institution or facility at which the offender is incarcerated. The term includes, without limitation, a telephone, a cellular telephone or a computer that is connected to a computer network or is otherwise capable of communicating with a person or device outside of the facility.

Last modified: February 26, 2006