An officer who asks or receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward, or promise thereof, to procure, assist, connive at or permit any prisoner in the custody of the officer to escape, whether the escape is attempted or not, or commits any unlawful act tending to hinder justice, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
[1911 C&P § 77; RL § 6342; NCL § 10026]—(NRS A 1967, 525; 1979, 1457; 1995, 1256)
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.