A crime bill survived Lombardo’s repeal effort. Has it cut the prison population as promised?

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By Sean Golanka The Nevada Independent In 2019, Democratic lawmakers pushed forward a wide-ranging package of criminal justice reforms aimed at curbing a ballooning prison population that threatened to bust the state’s budget for the carceral system. Despite AB236 garnering bipartisan support, the sweeping changes made to the penalty structure drew the ire of prosecutors […]

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