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High Desert State Prison is a state prison in unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, near Indian Springs, northwest of Las Vegas. It is the largest institution of the Nevada Department of Corrections and the newest, having opened on September 1, 2000. [ 1 ] It has a capacity of 4,176.
This Nevada State Prison remained the only state correctional facility in Nevada for many decades. Both men and women were housed in the facility, in separate areas. Expansion of the Prison began in the early 1960s with the construction of a second facility on Carson City, which became the Northern Nevada correctional Center.
Ely State Prison (ESP) is a maximum security penitentiary located in unincorporated White Pine County, Nevada, [ 3 ] about 9 miles (14 km) north of Ely. [ 4 ] The facility, operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections, opened in July 1989. As of 2010, the prison has a staff of 406 and is a major employer in the Ely area. [ 1 ]
A study in New York found that 41% of prison suicides involved inmates who had recently received mental health services, [6] although only one-third of prison suicides are found to have a psychiatric history, as opposed to 80–90 percent of suicides in the general community. [3] Pretrial detainees tend to have higher rates of suicide than ...
By Rich McKay. (Reuters) -A Nevada maximum-security prison was in lockdown on Wednesday after a brawl that left three inmates dead and nine others hospitalized, prison officials said. Nevada ...
He hanged himself with a bed sheet on May 2, 2023, while in solitary in the maximum security unit. At the time, Rodenas was serving a 10-year term after being sentenced in 2017 on a firearms charge.
Nevada State Prison (NSP) was a penitentiary located in Carson City. The prison was in continuous operation since its establishment in 1862 and was managed by the Nevada Department of Corrections. It was one of the oldest prisons still operating in the United States. [1] The high security facility housed 219 inmates in September 2011. [2]
Lovelock Correctional Center; Location: 1200 Prison Road, Pershing County, Nevada, 89419 U.S. Coordinates: 40.221123, -118.389614: Status: Operational every day: Security class: Minimum-Close: Population: 1,680: Opened: August 1995: Warden: Tim Garrett: Notable prisoners; O. J. Simpson (2008–2017): Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) is a Nevada Department of Corrections prison in ...