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Possession of Cell Phone Doesn’t Violate Nevada Escape Device Statute

Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes, Cell Phone Access

Possession of Cell Phone Doesn’t Violate Nevada Escape Device Statute by The Nevada Supreme Court has held that a statute prohibiting prisoners from possessing escape devices does not encompass possession of a contraband cell phone. Pursuant to NRS 212.093(1), prisoners are prohibited from having “any key, picklock, bolt cutters, wire …

Sandin Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainees

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Dental Care, Escapes, Strip Cells, Restraints, Attorney Calls, Mail, Mail Regulations, Ad-Seg Hearings, Access to Media

Sandin Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainees by Procedural Due Process--Disciplinary Proceedings (920): Sandin does not apply to detainees, who are entitled to procedural due process in disciplinary proceedings. Here there was some evidence because staff said the plaintiff had confessed. Procedural Due Process--Administrative Segregation (921): Placement of an escape risk in …