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)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 212 - Offenses Relating to Prisons and Prisoners
NRS 212.020 - Inhumanity to prisoners.
NRS 212.030 - Warrant for arrest of escaped prisoner.
NRS 212.040 - Expenses of recapture and return of escaped prisoners.
NRS 212.050 - Authority to offer reward in certain cases.
NRS 212.080 - Recapture and imprisonment.
NRS 212.090 - Penalties for prisoner who escapes.
NRS 212.095 - Unauthorized absences which constitute escape from prison; punishment; exception.
NRS 212.100 - Aiding prisoner to escape.
NRS 212.110 - Custodian permitting escape.
NRS 212.120 - Ministerial officer permitting escape.
NRS 212.130 - Concealing escaped prisoner.
NRS 212.137 - "Contractor" defined.
NRS 212.138 - "Employee" defined.
NRS 212.139 - "Volunteer" defined.
NRS 212.140 - Unauthorized communication with prisoner.
NRS 212.150 - Communication with person charged or convicted of felony in county jail.
NRS 212.170 - Furnishing intoxicant to person lawfully confined in jail or detention facility.