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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections
NRS 209.0843 - Solitary confinement" defined.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat § 209.0843 (2025)
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"Solitary confinement" means the housing of an offender in a location where the offender is restricted to a cell for at least 22 hours per day for the purpose of separating the offender from the general population for the:

1. Protection of:

(a) The health or safety of the offender from other offenders; or

(b) The life or property of the staff or other offenders; or

2. Security or orderly operation of the facility or institution.

(Added to NRS by 2023, 2428)

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