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Guards walk inside High Desert State Prison as seen on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.

Nevada OKs $4.6M settlement with family who says beatings by staff killed prisoner

The settlement was approved without comment at Tuesday's Board of Examiners meeting, two years after Walker's death.

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The back of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston. His uniform reads "Police ICE."

Vegas man’s immigration arrest, caught on video, stirs questions about ICE transparency

The family — as well as some legal experts — contend that Lopez Gomez’s case highlights ICE’s lack of transparency on detainee whereabouts and their safety. Although many aspects about his case are not atypical — such as the manner of his arrest — the rare video footage and his daughter’s testimony shed light on what conditions can be like for ICE detainees in an increasingly tense political landscape.

Carson City Courthouse.

A bill sought to take election cases out of Carson City courts. What happened?

The First Judicial District Court has only two judges and no public access to online court documents or hearings. Frustration over the lack of transparency on some of the state’s most important cases led Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas) to sponsor AB490, a bill in the 2025 legislative session that would have moved initiative petition disputes to other courts that have electronic access to documents and hearings.

The back of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston. His uniform reads "Police ICE."

ACLU sues DMV for not releasing records pertaining to ICE

In the Thursday lawsuit, the ACLU said the DMV had failed to turn over correspondence between the agency and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to multiple public records requests since February 2025. After sending a formal demand letter through the Nevada Attorney General’s Office, the Nevada DMV turned over heavily redacted and incomplete documents.

James Dzurenda, director of the Nevada Department of Corrections, inside the Legislature in Carson City.

Audit: Lax oversight of overtime at Nevada prisons costs state $18M annually

The audit suggested increased enforcement of payroll practices, including training new administrators to oversee payroll practices, as well as bolstering recruitment and retention efforts. The agency said it will work to adopt the recommendations, but similar suggestions from prior studies were never implemented.

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