Nevada Revised Statutes Section 212.020 - Correctional Institutions

Inhumanity to prisoners.

1. A jailer or person who is guilty of willful inhumanity or oppression to any prisoner under his care or custody shall be punished:

(a) Where the prisoner suffers substantial bodily harm from the inhumanity or oppression, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

(b) Where no substantial bodily harm results, for a gross misdemeanor.

2. Whether or not the prisoner suffers substantial bodily harm, any public officer guilty of willful inhumanity is guilty of a malfeasance in office.

Last modified: February 26, 2006