Why drones may start buzzing around the nation's prisons
Prison staffing has grown so dire that governors in Florida and West Virginia have declared states of emergency in recent weeks.
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Prison staffing has grown so dire that governors in Florida and West Virginia have declared states of emergency in recent weeks.
The issues in state-run prisons have been continually raised during Sisolak and his appointee Director Daniels' tenures.
NDOC hasn’t implemented law capping deductions on inmate bank accounts Share This story was originally published by Nevada Current. To test if a new law restricting deductions on inmate bank accounts was working properly at the beginning of the month, Jodi Hocking deposited $10 for her husband, an inmate with the Nevada Department of Corrections. Since September 2020, Return Strong, a prisoners advocacy group Hocking started, along with the ACLU of Nevada and other groups have decried the department’s policy that raided accounts and took up to 80% from inmates. During this year’s legi...
In addition to Missouri, there are 24 states who will be terminating federal pandemic-related unemployment programs.
Nevada is one of only 13 U.S. states that prosecutes minor traffic violations as criminal offenses, rather than as civil infractions.