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Nevada proposes a one-shot budget request to construct modular units at four prisons-including a women's facility-that would add 240 new beds at minimal cost.
Nevada's men's prisons are currently at 145 percent of their design capacity, and women's prisons are at 175 percent of their design capacity.
Corrections Director Glen Whorton outlined the plan in a presentation to the legislature.
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