State officials on Wednesday fired back at a Las Vegas nonprofit that has a history of criticizing the Nevada Department of Corrections over what were described as poor conditions for inmates. Through a news release, department officials said they wanted to correct “errors and misinformation” released by Parole Pathways, a nonprofit group that advocates for inmates in Nevada prisons. From 2023 through Wednesday, the department said, 206 prisoners died in custody. Of those, the news release said, 20 were ruled homicides. Jenna Hixon, founder and president of Parole Pathways, said Wednesday that she believes the correct figure should be close to double what the NDOC provided for homicides, though she said she counts deaths that she believes were caused by medical neglect. Hixon, 29, said she viewed the news release as a positive step for her organization’s cause. “I feel gratitude, honestly,” Hixon said.…