Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 212 - Offenses Relating to Prisons and Prisoners
NRS 212.095 - Unauthorized absences which constitute escape from prison; punishment; exception.


1. Any unauthorized absence from the place of assignment by an offender who is on temporary furlough, participating in a work or educational release program or otherwise in a classification assignment under the provisions of chapter 209 of NRS, constitutes an escape from prison which is a category B felony and the offender shall be punished as provided in NRS 212.090.
2. This section does not apply to offenders released on parole.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 854; A 1995, 1255)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 212 - Offenses Relating to Prisons and Prisoners

NRS 212.010 - Punishment for unauthorized injury of prisoner; forfeiture abolished except when statutorily authorized.

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 212.070 - Expenses of prosecuting prisoner and person acting in concert with prisoner who escapes or commits crime while incarcerated.

NRS 212.080 - Recapture and imprisonment.

NRS 212.090 - Penalties for prisoner who escapes.

NRS 212.093 - Manufacture or possession by prisoner of items adapted, designed or commonly used to escape prohibited; penalty; exception.

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 212.135 - Definitions.

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 212.160 - Furnishing weapon, facsimile, intoxicant or controlled substance to state prisoner; possession of controlled substance, marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia by state prisoner.

NRS 212.165 - Prohibition on furnishing portable telecommunications device to prisoner and on possession of such devices in jail or institution or facility of Department of Corrections; penalties; petition for modification of sentence.

NRS 212.170 - Furnishing intoxicant to person lawfully confined in jail or detention facility.

NRS 212.180 - Sale of liquor within half mile of institution of Department of Corrections unlawful; restriction on granting of new licenses; exception.

NRS 212.185 - Possession or control of dangerous weapon or facsimile by incarcerated person prohibited.

NRS 212.187 - Voluntary sexual conduct between prisoner and person other than employee of or contractor or volunteer for prison; penalty.

NRS 212.188 - Sexual abuse of prisoner or unauthorized custodial conduct by employee of or contractor or volunteer for prison; penalties.

NRS 212.189 - Unlawful acts related to human excrement or bodily fluid; penalty; investigation; testing for communicable diseases; plea bargaining prohibited.

NRS 212.1895 - Applicability of certain provisions to custodian and prisoner assigned to private facility or institution; training to perform duties of correctional officer at private facility or institution; reimbursement to State for expenses relat...

NRS 212.190 - Penalty.

NRS 212.220 - Penalties for absence without authorization or tampering with electronic device; restitution.