CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — An outside consultant's report says Nevada needs to move away from the routine use of shotguns in its prisons.
The state on Tuesday released a report written by the Association of State Correctional Administrators. It was commissioned as Nevada faces lawsuits over prison shootings, including one at High Desert State Prison last November that left an inmate dead.
The report offers 10 recommendations, including ramping up staffing, clarifying policies on how to respond to fights among inmates, and training guards on how to use pepper spray.
The association says prison staff should have less need for shotguns if they follows the report's other recommendations.
The report was due in mid-September. Gov. Brian Sandoval said he asked former corrections director Greg Cox to resign in part because the study was late.
