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Nevada State Contact For International Prisoner Transfer

Nevada State Contact for International Prisoner Transfer

 
Jorja Powers
Offender Management Administrator
Nevada Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 7011
5500 Snyder Avenue, Bldg 17
Carson City, NV 89701		 PH: (775) 977-5625
FX: (775) 977-5583

jpowers@doc.nv.gov
Aaron Garrison
Program Officer I
Interstate Compact Coordinator
Nevada Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 7011
5500 Snyder Avenue, Bldg 17
Carson City, NV 89702
 

PH: (775) 887-3326
FX: (775) 887 - 3329

agarrison@doc.nv.gov
 

NRS 209.291  Transfer of offenders: Within department; to other governmental agencies; between United States and foreign country.

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

  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.
Updated August 11, 2023