Organizational Structure Nevada Department of Correction (NDOC) Organization Chart

Board of State Prison Commissioners

Board Chairman

Governor

Directors

Executive Assistant

Family Services

Victim Services

Deputy Director Operations

Deputy Director Support Services

Deputy Director Industrial Programs

Inspector General

Human Resources

EEO

Plant Operators

Medical Director

Medical Administration

Retrieved from Nevada Department of Corrections Web Org Chart July 2011

As shown in the organizational chart, the Nevada Department of Correction is governed by the Board of State Prison Commissioners. The Board comprises of the Governor who doubles up as the chair of the Board, the Secretary of the State, and the Attorney General. All administrative duties of the Department are presided over by the Director who is appointed by the Governor (NDOC, 2011). The Director is a member of the Governor's cabinet. The personnel in the director's office include executive assistant and persons in-charge of family and victim services. Under the Director are Deputy Director of Operations, Deputy Director of Support Services, Deputy Director Industrial...

The Legislature leased the property of Warm Springs Hotel which was the meeting place of Territorial Legislature. After Nevada had become a state on October 1864, the Governor, the Secretary of the State, and the Attorney General became members of the Board of Prison Commissioners something that runs up-to-date (NDOC, 2011). Nevada State Prison remained the premier state correctional facility in the State of Nevada for many decades. It housed both male and female who were kept in separate areas. Expansion initiatives have since begun and a second facility has been erected in Carson City, commonly called Northern Nevada Correctional Center. There are other facilities in Las Vegas. Currently, there are eight major institutions; one restitution center, NNRC and one Transitional Housing Center, and nine conservation camps operated by the Department. The Women's Correctional Facility is located in North Las Vegas (NDOC, 2011).
The Nevada's Department of Corrections administers 8 institutions and 11 facilities. The population growth of the Department has been on the rise over the years (NDOC, 2011). At the end of 1969, there were 669 inmates…