NRS 171.1537: Arrest of person with disability: Right to communicate by mail or telephone.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES
- CHAPTER 171 - PROCEEDINGS TO COMMITMENT
- ARREST: BY WHOM AND HOW MADE
When a person with a disability is detained in custody, the detaining authority shall make available a reasonable means of communication, at least pencil and paper, and at least two envelopes and first-class postage stamps. If the person with a disability so requests, the proper officer of the detaining authority shall make on the person’s behalf the same number and kind of telephone calls which a person arrested is authorized by law or custom to make and shall mail any letters written by that person.
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