61-year-old women’s correctional center inmate dies in Las Vegas hospice

By WESLEY JUHL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

December 19, 2016 - 10:15 am

The Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center at 4370 Smiley Road in Las Vegas. (Screengrab/Google Street View)

A 61-year-old Nevada Department of Corrections prisoner died over the weekend, the agency said Monday.

Susan Roux died at the Nathan Adelson Hospice Center in Las Vegas shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. The Clark County coroner’s office will determine what caused her death.

Roux was serving a sentence of six to 16 years at Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center in Las Vegas before being transferred to the hospice. She was committed as a habitual offender from Clark County in January 2012.

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