Probation, parole changes covered in new legislation to rewrite 2019 Nevada law

An act relating to criminal justice; revising the qualifications of the Executive Director of the Department of Sentencing Policy; revising provisions concerning the membership of the Nevada Sentencing Commission; revising provisions relating to risk and needs assessments administered to certain probationers and parolees; authorizing the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety to impose confinement in a jail or detention facility or place a person under a system of active electronic monitoring for technical violations of the conditions of probation or parole; requiring the system of graduated sanctions adopted by the Division to include guidance on the use of such confinement and electronic monitoring; revising the definition of “technical violation” as the term relates to violations of the conditions of probation or parole; revising provisions relating to the temporary and full revocation of probation, suspension of sentence or parole supervision for technical violations of the conditions of probation or parole