171.1537 - Arrest of person with disability: Right to communicate by mail or telephone. - Nevada Statutes

171.1537  Arrest of person with disability: Right to communicate by mail or telephone.  When a person with a disability is detained in custody, the detaining authority shall make available a reasonable means of communication, at least pencil and paper, and at least two envelopes and first-class postage stamps. If the person with a disability so requests, the proper officer of the detaining authority shall make on the person’s behalf the same number and kind of telephone calls which a person arrested is authorized by law or custom to make and shall mail any letters written by that person.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 309; A 2001, 1776)