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Nevada Department of Corrections reports rising overtime tied to medical transports and synthetic-drug overdoses
Summary
NDOC leadership told the Board of Examiners that overtime use has increased in recent years — driven largely by medical transports and overdoses linked to synthetic drugs — and outlined technology purchases and new staffing that officials expect will reduce overtime over months.
Nevada Department of Corrections officials told the Board of Examiners on Sept. 9 that overtime among correctional staff has risen substantially in recent years and is driven largely by medical trips to outside hospitals and a surge in overdoses attributed to synthetic drugs.
"Our overtime concern will continue," said James Renda, director of the Nevada Department of Corrections, during the meeting. He said average daily overtime coverage to meet hospital and emergency trips rose from 42 officers per day in…
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