There are dozens of people who have been waiting for months to receive funds through the state's Victim Compensation Program, according to interviews with victims and advocates. The program, which is partially funded through federal dollars, is supposed to provide financial assistance to victims of violent crimes, helping them with everything from recouping medical expenses to lost wages. 

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.

Nevada is one of the few states that does not have a canine unit in its state prison system, according to the state's correctional officers union. Such units have long been embraced as a way for prisons and law enforcement to detect drugs and conduct searches.

In late April, Sparks City Council unanimously approved a request by the local police department to roll out facial recognition software to crack down on shoplifting in partnership with Reno Police and Washoe County Sheriff's Office. The technology is the latest strategy to tackle what police say are rising theft rates in Sparks.

In a three-count complaint, commissioners say trust in the suspended justice's ability is missing and she should have returned donated funds she solicited.

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.

Roblox will contribute $10 million over three years to support youth programs and alternatives to screen time. The settlement includes enhanced age verification and restricted notifications for minors.

Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time — all without a warrant. 

Policymakers told The Indy that it's been difficult to keep up with the pace of the technology and it's unclear just how ubiquitous the devices are. Information on where the cameras are located is not publicly available.

The lawsuit marked one of the most substantial challenges against 287(g) collaborations in the state, which play an outsize role in the deportation system in Nevada. At least three other jurisdictions in the state have entered agreements since the start of the second Trump administration.

A legal green card holder with schizophrenia alleges in a new lawsuit that he mutilated himself after being repeatedly denied his medications while in immigration custody at the Nevada Southern Detention Center. 

Inmate advocates are calling for a boycott of prison communications and tablets every Wednesday starting this week to protest pricing and quality issues.

Leaders from Nevada's correctional officers union bemoaned the prison system's widespread staffing shortages and worsening overtime payouts, pointing fingers at everyone from the governor's office to state lawmakers.

The state hasn't resisted Trump's immigration agenda as overtly as some peers, though observers say it's naive to think that a crackdown couldn't happen here.

Two of the three settlements deal with delayed medical treatment for inmates.

More than 70 percent of U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) arrests in Nevada in 2025 happened in detention facilities, such as county jails, federal facilities and state prisons, rather than through raids or other activities.

In a more than 230-page report, outside analysts uncovered a lack of supervisors on duty at night, possible lapses in compliance with federal requirements to reduce prison sexual assaults and yearslong waits to resolve prisoner grievances.

After the crime bill was reworked by Democrats, the new law will now curtail the ability of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to act on school grounds. It will also require the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) to create a detainee locator for all incarcerated people, including those waiting to be picked up by ICE.

More than a week after the end of the special session, Gov. Joe Lombardo signed into law his marquee criminal justice package, which most notably will greenlight the revival of a court to deal with crimes exclusively committed on the Las Vegas Strip.

The wrongful death lawsuit alleges that the March 2025 death of a man in High Desert State Prison was caused by months of medical neglect by officials.