Senate Bill No. 321–Senator Jacobsen (by request)

March 5, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Requires correctional officers of department of prisons to complete certain training during their first year of employment. (BDR 16-1072)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to the department of prisons; requiring correctional officers of the department of prisons to complete a program of training during their first year of employment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. Chapter 209 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2 new section to read as follows:

1-3 1. A correctional officer shall, not later than 1 year after he begins

1-4 his employment with the department, complete a program of training for

1-5 correctional officers of at least 280 hours.

1-6 2. The program of training must include:

1-7 (a) At least 40 hours of instruction in the structure, organization and

1-8 operation of the facility or institution where he is employed;

1-9 (b) At least 80 hours of instruction in assisting a supervisor in the

1-10 management of the facility or institution;

1-11 (c) At least 80 hours of instruction in:

1-12 (1) Maintaining order, discipline and security within the housing

1-13 units of the general population of the facility or institution; and

1-14 (2) Providing the general population of the facility or institution

1-15 with a humane, safe and sanitary environment; and

1-16 (d) At least 80 hours of instruction in disciplinary segregation,

1-17 protective segregation and administrative segregation of the general

1-18 population of the facility or institution.

2-1 3. After a correctional officer has completed the program of training

2-2 required by subsection 1, the department shall examine and evaluate the

2-3 correctional officer for at least 40 hours to determine his knowledge of

2-4 the facility or institution where he is employed and his proficiency in

2-5 performing the duties for which he received instruction.

2-6 4. The director shall:

2-7 (a) Provide the program of training for correctional officers required

2-8 by subsection 1; and

2-9 (b) Adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

2-10 Sec. 2. A correctional officer who has been employed by the

2-11 department of prisons for less than 1 year as of October 1, 1999, shall

2-12 complete the program of training for correctional officers required by

2-13 section 1 of this act before October 1, 2000.

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