1. The board of county commissioners and the governing body of an incorporated city, shall make all necessary arrangements, as provided in NRS 211.120 to 211.160, inclusive, to utilize the labor of the prisoners committed to any jails within any county, city, or town within this state, for a term of imprisonment by the judges of the several district courts within this state, or the justices of the peace in any townships throughout this state.
2. A sheriff, chief of police or town marshal may establish a program to release prisoners from his or her jail for work or education. The program must:
(a) Provide for thorough screening of prisoners for inclusion in the program;
(b) Be limited to prisoners who have been sentenced; and
(c) Require that each prisoner who participates in the program reimburse the county, city or town in whole or in part, according to the prisoner’s ability to pay, for his or her room and board during the time the prisoner participates in the program.
3. The administrator of such a program must be, respectively, the sheriff, the chief of police, the town marshal or his or her designee.
[1:96:1879; BH § 2149; C § 2271; RL § 7617; NCL § 11534] — (NRS A 1977, 369; 1981, 648, 1562; 1991, 151)
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