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Nevada State Contact for International Prisoner Transfer
 
Gregory Smith
Offender Management Administrator
Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 7011
Carson City, NV 89702-7011
Phone: (775) 887-3296
Paula Miller
Program Officer I
Offender Management Division
Department of Corrections
Phone: (775) 887-3282
Fax: (775) 887 - 3329



Nevada State Prisoner Statute

NRS 209.291  Transfer of offenders: Within department; to other governmental agencies; between United States and foreign country.
  1. The director may transfer an offender:
    1. From one institution or facility to another within the department; or
    2. To other governmental agencies, in accordance with classification evaluations and the requirements of treatment, training, security and custody of the offender.

  2. The prison sentence of an offender continues uninterrupted while he is at the correctional facility to which he has been transferred.

  3. Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of offenders between the United States and a foreign country, the director may, with the consent of the governor, approve a transfer as provided in the treaty upon the application of the offender to the director.

    (Added to NRS by 1977, 849; A 1979, 727; 1983, 721) 


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