article_snippet: Policy and procedure were followed in contacting the coroner, Las Vegas police and the prisons inspector general, Nevada prisons chief Greg Cox said.
article_snippet: Patty Cafferata, spokeswoman for state Attorney General Adam Laxalt, said the case will be evaluated and appropriate action will be taken.
article_snippet: Laxalt's office also could be called on to defend the state in wrongful-death and excessive-force lawsuits.
article_snippet: A spokeswoman for Gov. Brian Sandoval referred questions about the case to Nevada prisons chief Greg Cox.
article_snippet: There needs to be more of an investigation,' said Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick, the Democratic Assembly floor leader.