Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 212.020 (2026)

Inhumanity to prisoners

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NRS 212.020 Inhumanity to prisoners.

1. A jailer or person who is guilty of willful inhumanity or oppression to any prisoner under the care or custody of the jailer or person shall be punished:

(a) Where the prisoner suffers substantial bodily harm from the inhumanity or oppression, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

(b) Where no substantial bodily harm results, for a gross misdemeanor.

2. Whether or not the prisoner suffers substantial bodily harm, any public officer guilty of willful inhumanity is guilty of a malfeasance in office.

[Part 62:108:1866; B § 2660; BH § 1697; C § 1843; RL § 2818; NCL § 4818]—(NRS A 1967, 524; 1995, 1255)

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2022 · leading case: Raymond Watison v. Mary Carter, 668 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir. 2012).

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Raymond Watison v. Mary Carter, 668 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “CARTER 1741 reverse the dismissal with prejudice of Watison’s state-law claims and remand with instructions to decide whether to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over those claims. Each party shall bear its own costs on appeal.”

Dillon v. Core Civic, Corr. Corp of Am. (NSDC) (D. Nev. 2022). “010 and NRS 212.020, those are state criminal statutes 3 that cannot serve as the bases of claims brought by private parties in this civil context.”

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