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State inspections find sanitation and equipment problems at multiple Nevada prisons; repairs funded through capital projects
Summary
A Division of Public and Behavioral Health inspection report identified sanitation and equipment deficiencies across several correctional facilities; NDOC officials said recent capital improvement funding will address many issues and that follow-up reporting will include remediation status.
Vincent Valente, senior inspector with the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, briefed the Board of State Prison Commissioners on June 13 about the division's recent dietary and sanitation inspections of state correctional facilities.
Valente said the division's 2024 inspections found deficiencies in six prisons, citing problems such as improperly sanitized equipment, nonfunctioning high‑temperature dishwashers, culinary ovens that did not operate correctly, walking cooler…
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