Nevada Revised Statutes Title 16. Correctional Institutions; Aid to Victims of Crime § 209.417. Use of authorized telecommunications devices by offenders; regulations

(a) Determine which telecommunications devices, if any, are authorized for use by an offender in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to this section; and

(b) Ensure that no offender in the institution or facility, or in a vehicle of the Department, has access to a telecommunications device that is not an authorized telecommunications device.

(a) Communicating with his or her child pursuant to NRS 209.42305;

(b) Conducting a visit or correspondence which is authorized pursuant to NRS 209.422 or 209.423;

(c) Appearing in court;

(d) Receiving medical care;

(e) Applying for or enrolling in a benefit from a governmental program;

(f) Performing legal research;

(g) Obtaining:

(h) Taking a vocational assessment;

(i) Searching for or applying for employment;

(j) Performing essential job functions; and

(k) Communicating with an attorney who represents him or her in a criminal or civil action.

(a) Prescribe the criteria for eligibility for an offender to use an authorized telecommunications device;

(b) Prescribe requirements for determining whether a telecommunications device will be authorized for use by an offender;

(c) Set forth the circumstances under which an offender may use an authorized telecommunications device to access a network, including, without limitation, the Internet; and

(d) Prescribe standards for the use of an authorized telecommunications device by an offender.

(a) “Authorized telecommunications device” means a device authorized for use by an offender in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to this section.

(b) “Benefits from a governmental program” means any benefit, program or assistance provided by a governmental entity pursuant to statute or regulation, including, without limitation, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

(c) “Medicaid” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439B.120.

(d) “Medicare” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439B.130.

(e) “Telecommunications device” means a device, or an apparatus associated with a device, that can enable an offender to communicate with a person outside of the institution or facility at which the offender is incarcerated. The term includes, without limitation, a telephone, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant, a transmitting radio or a computer or tablet that is connected to a computer network, is capable of connecting to a computer network through the use of wireless technology or is otherwise capable of communicating with a person or device outside of the institution or facility.