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From left, Attorney General Aaron Ford, Gov. Joe Lombardo and Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar.

Nevada approves $250K settlement with former prisoner over delayed cancer screening

State officials also approved a critical labor shortage designation for the state prison system amid numerous vacancies for correctional officers, counselors and doctors that have been open for years.

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

Nevada prisons blame overdoses on the mail. Skeptics question the state's research.

To curb drug use, the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) is proposing restricting physical mail from entering facilities and replacing it with electronic copies — a move that has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice advocates who see physical mail as a morale-boosting connection between inmates and the outside world.