Nevada Department of Corrections - Wile E. Coyote Ain't Crawlin'
Away From This One!
November 4, 2004
By Katherine Curtis
Wile E. Coyote should have known awhile
back that the Nevada Department of Corrections was
prepared to label a cell exclusively for him. What
was that sly dog thinking - going on a rampage and
blowing up a good portion of Route 50, knocking boulders
off national treasures, and illegally buying and selling
stock in ACME in an untimely manner! …Tisk, tisk.
Not too bright on his part.
To make matters worse, he admitted his
self-centered quest to get rich and how he set out
to deliberately injure an innocent bird. Additionally,
everyone knows Mr. Road Runner certainly was not going
to let him off the hook. If anything, it almost appears
Mr. Runner positioned Mr. Coyote for a trip to the
penitentiary.
Luckless Wile E. Enters The High Dessert.
Even though Nevada has some of the best corporate-friendly laws
in the US and has exempted stockholders from personal litigations
about a company's actions, clearly fraudulent crimes are punishable.
The Nevada Department of Correction (NDOC) has 8 correctional institutions,
10 conservation camps, and 1 restitution center - most of which
are in the desert. Inmates can find themselves either in high security
or working with a wild horse program, depending on the severity
of their conviction.
The Board of Prison Commissioners governs NDOC. The Governor (Kenny
Guinn), Attorney General (Brian Sandoval), and Secretary of State
(Dean Heller) currently head this board. Together with other directors,
the Department establishes and updates their mission. Some components
of NDOC's mission include helping inmates reenter society with spiritual
development, education, treatment, and work.
One of NDOC's more interesting correctional programs is the Comstock
Wild Horse Program at Warm Springs Correctional Center in Carson
City. Initially a women's prison, Warm Springs Correctional Center
became a medium security men's correctional facility in 1997. A
small number of inmates participate in vocational training named
the Wild Horse Gentling Program, which tames endangered horses that
are later auctioned for adoption.
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