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The 2023 Legislative Session saw substantial changes to the correctional system, which came following years of civil rights and prison advocacy groups criticizing the Nevada Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency.

Every two years, our state representatives meet. And every two years, we start to see the impact of the laws they enacted.

New NDOC director more open to collaboration than predecessor, say advocates

Despite being the overwhelming majority of crimes processed in the legal system, there is scant data on what the most common misdemeanors are and how municipalities enforce them.

Policy, politics and progressive commentaryMore than 60% of criminal filings in Nevada are for misdemeanor offenses, the Fines and Fees Justice Center told state lawmakers in June. Despite being the

Despite being the overwhelming majority of crimes processed in the legal system, there is scant data on what the most common misdemeanors are and how municipalities enforce them.

Nevada legislative news: Human rights at center of bill aiming to limit solitary confinement at Nevada prisons.

Nevada lawmakers are reconsidering limits on how state prisons use solitary confinement after similar legislation failed to pass during the 2021 legislative session.

Lawmakers are looking to rectify the high costs associated with incarceration and come to grips with the fact that some of the inflated prison costs are the result of the state underfunding the syste…

An additional “tax” on commissary goods means incarcerated people are paying more for staples like peanut butter and soap, the Marshall Project found.