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Police highlight mental health crisis within Clark County jail

As part of the national Stepping Up Initiative, Metropolitan Police Department officials are exploring new approaches to get low-level offenders into treatment instead of keeping them locked up.

Some Nevada inmates frustrated by lack of treatment for hepatitis C

Inmate Johanna Hudnall’s situation reflects what advocates and academics say is a widespread pattern throughout the U.S. of inmates facing challenges in getting treated for hepatitis C with effective but expensive drugs.

State corrections officials begin reforms for inmates with HIV and disabilities

A month after the U.S. Department of Justice found the Nevada Department of Corrections discriminated against inmates with HIV and disabilities, officials removed a medical code from its computer system that could reveal a prisoner’s HIV-positive status to unauthorized staffers.

Las Vegas woman in middle of brain death battle

The battle over maintaining life support for a 20-year-old Las Vegas woman continues this week in Reno. It focuses on the question of when is a person considered dead.

Pfizer to pay Nevada $9.5 million to settle postmenopausal drug claims

Pfizer will pay Nevada $9.5 million to resolve the state’s claims that Pfizer and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals unlawfully promoted certain postmenopausal hormone therapy medications and misled Nevada consumers and doctors about the safety and effectiveness of those drugs, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said Monday.