Nevada Department of Corrections

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Nevada Department of Corrections

• Dedicated to keeping Nevada Safe

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• Mission
• Protect the public by confining convicted felons
  according to the law, while keeping staff and
  inmates safe.

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• Vision
• Creating
• A
• Safer
• Nevada

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• Philosophy
• We will pursue our mission with integrity, act in
  a professional and ethical manner, be responsible
  for our actions, and raise the department to the
  highest standards.

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Goals

• Operate the Department according to Best
  Practices.
• Ensure the best uses of Department Resources.
• Educate stakeholders and customers.
• Improve communication.

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State of NevadaBoard of Prisons

• Governor
• Jim Gibbons
• Secretary of State
• Ross Miller
• Attorney General
• Catherine Cortez Masto

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NDOC Director

• Howard Skolnik
• Deputy Director for Industrial Programs since
  1987. 
• He has also served as Warden of the Southern
  Desert Correctional Center. 
• He worked at the Illinois Department of
  Corrections in various leadership positions. 
• He earned his B.A. degree from Ohio State
  University and his M.S.W. from the University of
  Illinois.

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Support Services Division

• Manages
• Budget
• Inmate Funds
• Other Support Services
• Food Services

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Offender Management Division

• Sentence Management Section
• Classification Section
• Statistics, Research and Planning Section

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Medical Division

• Medical Treatment
• Mental health
• Physical health

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Inmate Programs

• SEATING
• CASEGOODS
• WORKSTATIONS/
• TABLES
• PLAQUES/AWARDS
• INSTITUTIONAL/
• METAL PRODUCTS

• PRINTING/BINDERY SERVICES
• MATTRESSES/LINENS
• DRAPERIES
• AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES/
• RESTORATIONS
• GARMENTS

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The NDOC has 19 operating facilities located
throughout the state
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• Eight Major Institutions
• NSP 1862
• WSCC 1961
• NNCC 1964
• SDCC 1980
• ESP 1989
• LCC 1995
• FMCCW 1997
• HDSP 2000

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• 9 Conservation Camps
• Stewart
• Humbolt
• Carlin
• Wells
• Ely
• Pioche
• Tonopha
• Three Lakes Valley
• Jean

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• Two Other
• Facilities
• Northern Nevada Restitution Center 1979
• Casa Grande
• Transitional Housing Center 2005

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Inmate Programs

• Substance Abuse Treatment
• Religious and Spiritual Services
• Education and Vocational Training

• Mental Health Counseling and Therapy
• Intake Assessment
• Special Needs Programs
• Re-entry and Transitional Services

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Inmates of the NDOC

• Community
• Minimum
• Medium
• Close
• Maximum
• Residential Confinement

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Inmates of the NDOC
CUSTODY LEVEL DISTRIBUTION FOR IN-HOUSE POPULATION
Maximum 19
Minimum 30
Medium 51
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Inmates of the NDOC
Currently there are 13,000 plus inmates
incarcerated in Nevada
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Inmates of the NDOC
Distribution of Inmates by Sentence Structure
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Nevada Territorial Prison

• Originally Warm Springs Hotel
• Owned by Abraham Curry
• Established 1862
• Territorial Legislature Leased Property
• Abraham Curry- First Warden
• Former Owner Warm Springs Hotel

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Nevada State Prison

• Name Changed in 1864
• Nevada Became a State
• State Legislature Purchased Property
• 1867- Original Structure Burned
• New structure built out of stone from quarry
  located on the prison sight

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Nevada State Prison

• Said to be the oldest continually run prison in
  the nation
• Has run continuously since 1862
• The Cell House (Unit 3) has been used
  continuously since 1867
• Nations first Gas Chamber established in 1924 at
  NSP

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NDOC Staff

• The Nevada Department of Corrections employs
  2,962 staff.
• 1,908 Uniformed
• 1,054 Non-Uniformed

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Uniform Staff Certification

• Law Enforcement agencies in Nevada are governed
  by the Peace Officer Standards Training
  (P.O.S.T.) commission. The NDOC training
  academies are P.O.S.T. approved and all uniformed
  staff graduating from our academies are Sworn
  Category III Peace Officers.

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Nevada Department of Corrections
Born from the wild mining camps of the 1860s
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Nevada Department of Corrections
Transforming into the modern age of corrections
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Welcome To N. D. O. C.