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Report Sheds Light On NV Prison Problems
By 8newsnow.com
Published: 03/04/2011

LAS VEGAS -- Inmates forced to eat meat labeled "not for human consumption" and pregnant prisoners being shackled. Those are just two of the claims made in a report by the American civil liberties union which describes Nevada's prisons as being in crisis. The Nevada Department of Corrections is calling the allegations offensive.

The Nevada Department of Corrections disagrees with the claims made in a new report by the ACLU on Nevada's prisons.

It says federal and state courts have determined many of these claims made by prisoners are frivolous and without merit. But the ACLU of Nevada still maintains people doing hard time in Nevada are forced to stay in crisis conditions.

Overcrowded, understaffed and under funded. That's the way the ACLU of Nevada describes Nevada's state prisons.

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