211.330 - Credits for completion of educational program.

211.330  Credits for completion of educational program.

      1.  In addition to the credits on a term of imprisonment provided for in NRS 211.310, 211.320 and 211.340, the sheriff of the county or the chief of police of the municipality in which a prisoner is incarcerated shall deduct 5 days from the prisoner’s term of imprisonment for earning a general educational development certificate, or the equivalent thereof, by successfully completing an educational program for adults conducted jointly by the local detention facility in which the prisoner is incarcerated and the school district in which the facility is located.

      2.  The provisions of this section apply to any prisoner who is sentenced on or after October 1, 1991, to a term of imprisonment of 90 days or more.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 102; A 2003, 1369)