In just a few years, overdoses in Nevada prisons have increased nearly tenfold, according to prisons director James Dzurenda.

Nevada OKs $4.6M settlement with family who says beatings by staff killed prisoner. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Another family is suing the Nevada Department of Corrections over allegations the department didn't do enough to prevent an inmate's death. On Wednesday, the family of Hawk Urban ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle a lawsuit that accused prison guards of beating up a man and leaving him to die in 2023, a lawyer said Tuesday. The medical examiner ...

CARSON CITY — Prison medical costs are climbing as Nevada’s inmate population ages and more expensive treatments become available, leading to a significant increase in requested funding to provide ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The head of the union representing correctional officers in Nevada state prisons insists officers did everything they could with the resources they had during a deadly fight in Ely ...