Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 209.1315 - Director: Training of correctional staff1. The Director may continue to develop and implement, in each institution and facility of the Department, a program of facility training for the correctional staff. Such training must include: (a) Training in evidence-based practices, including, without limitation, principles of effective intervention, effective case management and core correctional practices;(b) Courses on interacting with victims of domestic violence and trauma and people with behavioral health needs and both physical and intellectual disabilities; and(c) Training in cultural competency for interacting with offenders who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex.2. The Director shall develop and implement, in each institution and facility of the Department in which an offender may be placed in solitary confinement, a program of training for any correctional staff of the facility or institution who interact with offenders placed in solitary confinement. Such training must include, without limitation, training in effective communication, crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques. Any training required to be completed pursuant to a program of training adopted pursuant to this subsection is in addition to any other training required to be completed by correctional staff.Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 192; A 2019, 4444; 2023, 722, 2430Amended by 2023, Ch. 407,§13.3, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2023, Ch. 146,§8, eff. 5/31/2023.Amended by 2019, Ch. 633,§89, eff. 7/1/2020.Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 192