The Nevada Sentencing Commission on Wednesday twice rejected recommending that Gov. Steve Sisolak move to depopulate the state’s prisons in an effort to stave off the coronavirus’ spread.
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Convicted Las Vegas gambler Bill Walters is expected to be released from a federal prison this weekend in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, an informed source said.
For the second time in two weeks, the Nevada Sentencing Commission is scheduled to examine controlling the spread of the coronavirus in the criminal justice system.
The Nevada Police Union, formerly the Nevada Highway Patrol Association, filed a complaint Thursday with the state-run Employee-Management Relations Board.
The suit claims that Egg Works, which has seven restaurants in the valley, purchased a “Restaurant Recovery Insurance Policy” in September.
Criminal defense attorneys have begun to flood the Las Vegas court system with requests for new bail hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A coronavirus outbreak behind prison walls could overwhelm the Nevada Department of Corrections, documents analyzed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal showed.
Four inmates at the Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center told the Review-Journal that a third staff member has tested positive for the coronavirus at the facility.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department’s website, two more employees have tested positive for the coronavirus since Friday.
Nevada’s osteopaths filed a lawsuit Tuesday, asking Gov. Steve Sisolak and other state medical officials to lift a ban on the routine prescribing of two existing anti-malarial drugs to treat COVID-19.