Post by Logan on Jun 7, 2016 21:38:55 GMT -6
CARSON CITY — A state board Tuesday approved $1.6 million in funding and contracts sought by the Nevada Corrections Department to cover a deficit in inmate medical costs, staff a unit at a Southern Nevada women’s prison and certify kosher meals for inmates on religious diets.
The Board of Examiners, chaired by Gov. Brian Sandoval, approved the spending at a meeting in Carson City. Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske also serve on the board.
Funding for additional staffing at Florence McClure Women’s Correction Center and prison medical costs go to the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee for final approval.
Florence McClure has seen a big jump in its inmate population, rising to 955 from 781 three years ago. The facility has empty housing units to handle overcrowding, but no staff to man them, prison officials said. One unit has been opened to house 50 inmates but is being staffed by correctional officers on overtime.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/state-board-approves-16m-nevada-corrections-department
The Board of Examiners, chaired by Gov. Brian Sandoval, approved the spending at a meeting in Carson City. Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske also serve on the board.
Funding for additional staffing at Florence McClure Women’s Correction Center and prison medical costs go to the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee for final approval.
Florence McClure has seen a big jump in its inmate population, rising to 955 from 781 three years ago. The facility has empty housing units to handle overcrowding, but no staff to man them, prison officials said. One unit has been opened to house 50 inmates but is being staffed by correctional officers on overtime.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/state-board-approves-16m-nevada-corrections-department