Nevada Revised Statutes Section 209.4887 - Correctional Institutions

Correctional program: Establishment; assignment of offenders.

1. The Director may establish a correctional program for reentry of offenders and parolees into the community pursuant to this section.

2. If the Director establishes a correctional program pursuant to this section, the Director shall:

(a) Determine whether offenders in the custody of the Department are suitable to participate in a correctional program.

(b) Determine whether parolees who are referred by the Chairman of the State Board of Parole Commissioners pursuant to NRS 213.632 are suitable to participate in a correctional program as a condition of their parole.

(c) Request that the Chairman of the State Board of Parole Commissioners assign to a correctional program offenders and parolees determined by the Director to be suitable to participate in a correctional program, under the terms and conditions agreed upon by the Director and the Chairman, including, if appropriate, supervision of the offenders and parolees by the Division during their participation in the correctional program.

3. An offender or parolee may not be assigned to the custody of the Division to participate in a correctional program unless the Director grants prior approval of the assignment pursuant to this section.

Last modified: February 26, 2006