Nevada Department of Corrections

During a hearing for Senate Bill 258, which requires NDOC to adopt regulations around housing, heath care and security for transgender inmates, there were several allegations of mistreatment.

Senate Bill 187, sponsored by state Sen. Pat Spearman, D-North Las Vegas, would adopt further regulations to ensure solitary confinement is only used as a last resort.

Inmates have been locked up months past their release date because of a Nevada Department of Corrections interpretation of a regulation regarding “good time” credits during the pandemic.

On Monday, the Nevada Department of Corrections confirmed a series of assaults on correctional officers in recent days, which led to a system-wide lockdown.

The Assembly Judiciary Committee this week heard more about Nevada’s prisons, including COVID-19 concerns and allegations of abuse.

Nevada prisons will no longer seize 80% of the money deposited for inmates by families and friends.

Groups have been asking the state to consider compassionate and early release of inmates who are close to finishing their sentences, a move taken by several states since the start of the pandemic.

COVID-19 cases are spiking among people incarcerated in Nevada’s prisons, but officials have yet to address the issue.

Embattled school board candidate Scott Kelley is no longer the public information officer for the Nevada Department of Corrections.

By John Borrowman, Nevada Department of Corrections Deputy Director of Support Services On behalf the Nevada…