212.095 - Unauthorized absences which constitute escape from prison; punishment; exception. - Nevada Statutes

212.095  Unauthorized absences which constitute escape from prison; punishment; exception.

      1.  Any unauthorized absence from the place of assignment by an offender who is on temporary furlough, participating in a work or educational release program or otherwise in a classification assignment under the provisions of chapter 209 of NRS, constitutes an escape from prison which is a category B felony and the offender shall be punished as provided in NRS 212.090.

      2.  This section does not apply to offenders released on parole.

      (Added to NRS by 1977, 854; A 1995, 1255)