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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 211.330 (2026)

Credits for completion of educational, vocational or other program

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NRS 211.330  Credits for completion of educational, vocational or other program.

      1.  A prisoner who has no serious infraction of the regulations of the county, city or town jail or detention facility in which the prisoner is incarcerated or detained, the terms and conditions of his or her residential confinement or the laws of this State recorded against the prisoner must be allowed, in addition to the credits on a term of imprisonment provided for in NRS 211.310, 211.320 and 211.340, a deduction of not more than 5 days from the prisoner’s term of imprisonment for:

      (a) Earning a general educational development certificate or an equivalent document by successfully completing an educational program for adults; or

      (b) Successfully completing:

             (1) A program of vocational education and training; or

             (2) Any other program approved by the sheriff of the county, the chief of police of the municipality or the director, as applicable, for the county, city or town jail or detention facility, as applicable, in which the prisoner is incarcerated or detained.

      2.  If the prisoner completes such a program with meritorious or exceptional achievement, the prisoner may be allowed not more than 5 days of credit for each such program in addition to the days allowed for the successful completion of the program pursuant to subsection 1.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 102; A 2003, 1369; 2013, 3290; 2017, 4054)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2008–2008 · leading case: Haney v. State, 185 P.3d 350 (Nev. 2008).
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Haney v. State, 185 P.3d 350 (Nev. 2008). “16 Further, NRS 211.330 and 211.340 give the sheriff or the chief of police authority to award credit for successful completion of educational and drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs to any prisoner sentenced to 90 days or more.”
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