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Board unanimously approves four NDOC administrative regulations on inspector general oversight, searches, transport and discipline
Summary
The Board approved AR 156, AR 422, AR 430 and AR 707; AR 156 establishes Inspector General oversight for Community Transitional Programming, AR 422 updates search standards for PREA, AR 430 clarifies offender transportation and references AB292 for pregnant offenders, and AR 707 updates disciplinary charges and tablet misuse rules.
The Board of State Prison Commissioners on March 20 approved four Nevada Department of Corrections administrative regulations concerning oversight, search standards, offender transportation and the disciplinary process.
The regulations approved were AR 156, which identifies the Office of the Inspector General’s minimum responsibilities and places oversight responsibility for the Community Transitional Programming (which allows eligible offenders to be released into the community within 18 months of discharge or parole eligibility) with the Inspector General’s office; AR 422, which updates searches and seizure standards to align with national PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) guidance and addresses opposite-gender search procedures; AR 430, which clarifies transportation protocols for court and medical trips (including authorization for emergency private-vehicle transport), staffing levels when transporting maximum-custody offenders, and guidance for transporting pregnant offenders consistent with AB292 from the 82nd Legislative Session; and AR 707, which revises the offender Notice of Charges to reflect court litigation distinctions between attempts or conspiracies versus completed violations, establishes bondable and non-bondable violation categories for segregation decisions, and adds new charges related to offender tablet use and misuse.
A motion to approve all the administrative regulations presented was made and passed unanimously. Secretary of State Francisco V. Aguilar asked for clarification about what a "community trusty" is; Director James E. Dzurenda explained that a community trusty is a minimum-security offender approved through classification to work in public settings or on State grounds as part of transitional programming.
The Board did not provide numerical roll-call tallies in the public minutes for these votes; the meeting record states the regulations were approved by motion.
