State officials plan to hire probation and parole specialists to work in prisons with inmates who are eligible for parole but stuck behind bars because they lack necessities like a place to live, legislative committees heard Tuesday.
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A federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit filed by a Nevada inmate alleging excessive force by prison officers and assigned the case to a new judge, saying U.S. District Judge Robert Jones would have “substantial difficulty” putting previous expressed views out of his mind.
A Green Party signature gatherer indicted in December on 15 felony counts for allegedly faking names on a ballot-access petition has been arrested in Las Vegas, the secretary of state’s office said Friday.
The Metropolitan Police Department on Monday released the identities of a knife-wielding nude man and the police officer who shot him over the weekend at a Jean hotel-casino.
James Dzurenda, who took over the state Corrections Department in April, is asking for public and financial support for efforts to emphasize rehabilitation and reduce recidivism.