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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if the Board releases on parole a prisoner convicted of stalking with the use of an Internet or network site, electronic mail, text messaging or any other similar means of communication pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 200.575, an offense involving pornography and a minor pursuant to NRS 200.710 to 200.730, inclusive, luring a child or a person with mental illness through the use of a computer, system or network pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 4 of NRS 201.560 or a violation of NRS 201.553 which involved the use of an electronic communication device, the Board shall, in addition to any other condition of parole, require as a condition of parole that the parolee not own or use a computer, including, without limitation, use electronic mail, a chat room or the Internet.
2. The Board is not required to impose a condition of parole set forth in subsection 1 if the Board finds that:
(a) The use of a computer by the parolee will assist a law enforcement agency or officer in a criminal investigation;
(b) The parolee will use the computer to provide technological training concerning technology of which the defendant has a unique knowledge; or
(c) The use of the computer by the parolee will assist companies that require the use of the specific technological knowledge of the parolee that is unique and is otherwise unavailable to the company.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, if the Board releases on parole a prisoner convicted of an offense that involved the use of a computer, system or network, the Board may, in addition to any other condition of parole, require as a condition of parole that the parolee not own or use a computer, including, without limitation, use electronic mail, a chat room or the Internet.
4. As used in this section:
(a) “Computer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.4735 and includes, without limitation, an electronic communication device.
(b) “Electronic communication device” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.737.
(c) “Network” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.4745.
(d) “System” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.476.
(e) “Text messaging” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.575.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 16. Correctional Institutions; Aid to Victims of Crime § 213.1258. Conditions relating to computers and use of Internet and other electronic means of communication; powers and duties of Board; exceptions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-16-correctional-institutions-aid-to-victims-of-crime/nv-rev-st-213-1258/
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