NRS 212.185
Possession or control of dangerous weapon or facsimile by incarcerated person prohibited.

1.

A person who is incarcerated in the state prison or any county or city jail or detention facility or other correctional facility in this State, or is transferred for medical or psychiatric treatment at another institution, or is in transit to or from such facility, or is in the legal custody of any correctional officer or employee, and who possesses or has in his or her custody or control any:

(a)

Instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sand-club, sandbag or metal knuckles;

(b)

Explosive substance, including fixed ammunition, or any incendiary or explosive device;

(c)

Dirk, dagger, switchblade knife or sharp instrument;

(d)

Pistol, revolver or other firearm;

(e)

Facsimile of a firearm or an explosive;

(f)

Device capable of propelling a projectile with sufficient force to cause bodily harm, including, but not limited to, a pellet gun, slingshot, blowgun, crossbow or bow and arrow; or

(g)

Other similar weapon, instrument or device,
Ê is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years.

2.

For the purposes of this section, incarceration begins upon assignment to a cell or other place within the correctional facility after completion of the initial booking procedure.

Source: Section 212.185 — Possession or control of dangerous weapon or facsimile by incarcerated person prohibited., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-212.­html#NRS212Sec185.

212.010
Punishment for unauthorized injury of prisoner 212.020
Inhumanity to prisoners. 212.030
Warrant for arrest of escaped prisoner. 212.040
Expenses of recapture and return of escaped prisoners. 212.050
Authority to offer reward in certain cases. 212.070
Expenses of prosecuting prisoner and person acting in concert with prisoner who escapes or commits crime while incarcerated. 212.080
Recapture and imprisonment. 212.090
Penalties for prisoner who escapes. 212.093
Manufacture or possession by prisoner of items adapted, designed or commonly used to escape prohibited 212.095
Unauthorized absences which constitute escape from prison 212.100
Aiding prisoner to escape. 212.110
Custodian permitting escape. 212.120
Ministerial officer permitting escape. 212.130
Concealing escaped prisoner. 212.135
Definitions. 212.137
“Contractor” defined. 212.138
“Employee” defined. 212.139
“Volunteer” defined. 212.140
Unauthorized communication with prisoner. 212.150
Communication with person charged or convicted of felony in county jail. 212.160
Furnishing weapon, facsimile, intoxicant or controlled substance to state prisoner 212.165
Prohibition on furnishing portable telecommunications device to prisoner and on possession of such devices in jail or institution or facility of Department of Corrections 212.170
Furnishing intoxicant to person lawfully confined in jail or detention facility. 212.180
Sale of liquor within half mile of institution of Department of Corrections unlawful 212.185
Possession or control of dangerous weapon or facsimile by incarcerated person prohibited. 212.187
Voluntary sexual conduct between prisoner and person other than employee of or contractor or volunteer for prison 212.188
Sexual abuse of prisoner or unauthorized custodial conduct by employee of or contractor or volunteer for prison 212.189
Unlawful acts related to human excrement or bodily fluid 212.190
Penalty. 212.220
Penalties for absence without authorization or tampering with electronic device 212.1895
Applicability of certain provisions to custodian and prisoner assigned to private facility or institution
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 212.185’s source at nv​.us