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State health inspector reports 14 critical dietary/sanitation violations but no substantial nutritional-adequacy failures in 2024
Summary
The Division of Public and Behavioral Health told the board it found 14 critical dietary and sanitation violations across six prisons in 2024 (up two from 2023), with repeated violations at three facilities; no substantial nutritional‑adequacy violations were identified, and the division recommended infection‑control improvements.
Vincent Valiente, inspector for the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, briefed the Board of State Prison Commissioners on Dec. 19 about the division’s 2024 inspections of correctional medical and food‑service operations.
Valiente said the division conducted medical inspections at two prisons (Northern Nevada Correctional Center and Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center) and dietary/sanitation inspections at six facilities. Inspectors found a total of 14 critical dietary and sanitation violations in 2024, an increase of two…
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