209.417 - Offenders not to have access to telecommunications devices; exception. - Nevada Statutes

209.417  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, or an apparatus associated with a device, that can enable 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, a personal digital assistant, a transmitting radio or a computer that is connected to a computer network, is capable of connecting to a computer network through the use of wireless technology or is otherwise capable of communicating with a person or device outside of the institution or facility.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 2712; A 2007, 71)