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Nevada Inmate Deaths Up This Year | KUNR

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6771698125_9e979f1d04_b-5958696-8743959The number of inmates who died in Nevada state prisons rose slightly this year.

As of Thursday, 48 inmates died while in state prison, seven of those in the last month.

“It’s not unusual, but it is higher,” says Brooke Keast, a spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Corrections.

In 2014 there were 44 deaths and 36 the year before that. This year is the highest number of deaths since at least 2007.

Read more from our media partner, Reno Public Radio: Nevada Inmate Deaths Up This Year | KUNR

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