Las Vegas Paiutes, Henderson renew agreement on prisoners
A renewed agreement between the city of Henderson and the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe will provide alternative inmate housing for the tribe.
The six-year contract, which goes into effect Sunday, provides space at the Henderson Detention Center for the Paiute Tribe’s pretrial detainees and those sentenced for misdemeanor crimes.
In exchange for the housing, the tribe will pay the city of Henderson $107.35 per day per inmate. The cost will be billed on a monthly basis.
“We are offering our services to enter this local agreement with them,” Henderson Police Department spokesman Rod Pena said. “We very rarely have had to do this for them.”
Four Las Vegas Paiute inmates were housed at the Henderson Detention center for 35 days from 2014 through 2016. There have been no detainees since 2016.
One inmate totaled 29 days over several periods, while three other inmates each spent two days at the center, Pena said.
Under the terms of the new contract, the city of Henderson provides transportation of Paiute Tribe inmates to and from the Henderson Detention Center and any locations necessary for medical care. The tribe provides transportation for all court-related appearances.
Medical treatment for emergencies outside the Henderson Detention Center, including hospital security personnel, will be paid for by the Paiute Tribe.
Starting July 1, 2019, there will be an annual adjustment of the daily rate of housing the Las Vegas Paiute inmates using the Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the preceding year, the contract said.
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