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NDOC says new ViaPath vendor, ARPA funds and recruiting will address staffing and kitchen infrastructure; EHR funding still pending
Summary
NDOC Director James Zarenda told the board ViaPath will take over inmate communications Jan. 6 and tablets are expected to be implemented in spring; he credited an All Star recruitment contract with dramatically lowering southern vacancy rates but said EHR funding remains unresolved and requires DHHS support.
Director James Zarenda told the Board of State Prison Commissioners on Dec. 19 that the Nevada Department of Corrections plans several operational changes intended to address staffing and service gaps raised during public comment.
Zarenda said the telecommunications vendor ViaPath will replace Securus on Jan. 6 and that initial telephone services will transfer without interruption; ViaPath’s tablet infrastructure and related IT work are expected to be implemented by…
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