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| Nevada Prison Officials Criticized, Then Funding Restored |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/24/2003 |
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Senate Finance Chairman Bill Raggio chastised Nevada prison officials -- but then voted to restore $750,000 to their budget to cover additional costs of inmate food. The action April 15 followed the committee's recent vote to delete $750,000 from the $17 million food budget for the inmates. Glen Whorton, assistant director of operations for the state Department of Corrections, then wrote a letter to the committee complaining about the action. Raggio said the letter accused the staff of the committee of taking 'retaliatory' action against the prison, adding, 'The chairman takes offense to that ... This was not acceptable.' As the committee voted unanimously to restore the $750,000, Raggio told Whorton to 'heed the admonition.' Whorton urged the committee to restore the money, saying food 'is a very significant security issue.' The state prison system has not received increases to cover the effect of inflation on food costs in the past, but Gov. Kenny Guinn included it this time in his budget. Darrel Rexwinkel, assistant director for finance in the corrections department, said the system now produces 11 million meals a year at an average cost of $2.29 a day. That's less than the average of $4.41 in prisons in Western states, he said. |
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