From Nevada Current:
Following a recent state audit that found prisons mark up the prices of commissary goods more than 40% and people leaving prison faced millions of dollars in debt, lawmakers are proposing legislation to rein in the high costs of incarceration.
But any legislative efforts to limit costs, which are usually passed along to families, won’t come until the 2023 Legislative session.
The interim Legislative Judiciary Committee in late August approved drafting a bill to discharge certain debts, like medical debts, owed to Nevada Department of Corrections by people once they are released from prisons, and impose new requirements on NDOC’s ability to markup commissary items and charge medical co-pays.
The proposal comes months after the state, which released an audit in February, found incarcerated people owed NDOC $10.4 million in outstanding and uncollected debt, including medical debt.
The report found one account had an outstanding balance of $189,000, and of that $162,526 came from “medical charges resulting from an altercation.” Continue reading >>>
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