Nevada lawmakers question claim that inmate overdoses are driving prison overtime costs

In just a few years, overdoses in Nevada prisons have increased nearly tenfold, according to prisons director James Dzurenda, who attributed the problem in part to drugs sneaked in through mail. In 2021, the department only had 12 overdoses, dipping to five overdoses in 2022. In 2025, that number ca...

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