1. The expenses and costs of prosecuting any person for escaping from, or breaking out of, the state prison, or attempting so to do, or for the commission of any crime while a prisoner therein, or any person acting in concert with such a prisoner, whether as a principal or accessory, are a charge against the State and must be paid from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account upon approval by the State Board of Examiners.
2. The expenses and costs of prosecuting any person or persons for escaping from, or breaking out of, a jail, branch county jail or other local detention facility or attempting so to do, or for the commission of any crime while a prisoner therein, or any person acting in concert with such a prisoner, whether as a principal or accessory, are a charge against the county, city or other local government responsible for the operation of that facility.
[1911 C&P § 555; A 1955, 625] — (NRS A 1963, 1112; 1991, 20, 1755, 1824; 1993, 457)