Nevada Revised Statutes Section 211.220 - Correctional Institutions

Release for work or education: Activities which may be included; conditions of employment.

1. Employment may include the care of the prisoner’s own children during the day and education may include counseling for the abuse of alcohol or controlled substances, psychological counseling and vocational training.

2. If the employment or a part of the education is for pay, the wage must be no less than the prevailing wage for similar work in the community, and the conditions of work no less favorable. Employment or paid work as part of education must not be performed in an establishment where a labor dispute is in progress, if the employment or paid work as education would provide temporary or permanent replacements for other employees engaged in a labor dispute.

Last modified: February 26, 2006