2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 211 - Local Facilities for Detention
NRS 211.020 - Duties of county commissioners.
The board of county commissioners:
1. Is responsible for building, inspecting and repairing any county or branch county jail located in its county.
2. Once every 3 months, shall inquire into the security of the jail and the treatment and condition of the prisoners.
3. Shall take all necessary precautions against escape, sickness, infection, suicide and death.
4. Shall review all available information concerning deaths of prisoners in the county jail and any branch county jail, including, without limitation, information received from the sheriff pursuant to NRS 211.030. At least twice each year, the board shall include as an item on the agenda of a public meeting of the board, consideration of the conditions of the county jail and any branch county jail and the number of deaths of prisoners in the county jail and any branch county jail and the known circumstances surrounding any such deaths, including, without limitation, basic demographics and information submitted pursuant to the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, Public Law 113-242, during the immediately preceding 6 months.
[2:21:1861; B § 3800; BH § 2138; C § 2260; RL § 7604; NCL § 11521] — (NRS A 1977, 367; 1981, 646; 2019, 2196)
