Existing law authorizes the warden or manager of a correctional institution or facility to allow visits and correspondence between offenders and appropriate friends, relatives and others under regulations adopted by the Director of the Department of Corrections and approved by the Board of State Prison Commissioners. (NRS 209.423) Section 1 of this bill requires the Director, with the approval of the Board, to adopt regulations relating to visits and correspondence between offenders and others. Section 1 prohibits any such regulations from imposing requirements on the approval of a prospective visitor who has been convicted of a felony in this State or any other state that are not imposed on the approval of a prospective visitor who has not been convicted of a felony in this State or any other state, unless the warden or manager determines that extenuating circumstances exist. Section 1 also: (1) requires a warden or manager who denies a prospective visitor to provide written notice of the denial; and (2) prescribes certain requirements relating to such notice.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 209.423
As Enrolled: 209.423
BDR: 209.423