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| Staffing proposal at state juvenile facility in Clark County questioned |
| By reviewjournal.com- Yesenia Amaro |
| Published: 04/17/2015 |
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A budget amendment allowing the state to directly run its only juvenile maximum-security facility raised concerns among lawmakers who said Nevada can’t afford another failure at the now-closed site. Lawmakers during a budget hearing on Thursday debated the state’s proposal to hire “group supervisors” instead of correctional officers should Red Rock Academy in Clark County reopen. The amendment was heard by the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance. No action was taken. Earlier this month, the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee approved $674,912 for state officials to prepare Red Rock to reopen in September. The budget amendment still needs to be approved by the Legislature as a whole. The facility, which was run by a nonprofit contractor, was closed in March over what the state described as problems with inmate supervision and with its medical unit. “If they are not correctional officers, I have some concerns we are going to be back in the same place,” Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas, said of her concerns over staffing. The facility is not a summer camp, she added. Read More. |
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