Wardens of institutions: Appointment; duties
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Wood v. Housewright (1990)
Most recently applied in Wood v. Housewright (April 1990)
(Added to NRS by 1977, 846; A 1983, 720; 2001, 1831)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
1. The Director shall appoint a warden for each institution of the Department.
2. Each warden is in the classified service of the State except for purposes of appointment and retention.
3. Each warden is responsible to the Director for the administration of his or her institution, including the execution of all policies and the enforcement of all regulations of the Department pertaining to the custody, care and training of offenders under his or her jurisdiction.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.