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Nye County was established during the American Civil War in 1864 and named after James W. Nye, the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later a U.S. Senator after it was admitted as a state. The first county seat was Ione in 1864, followed by Belmont in 1867, and finally Tonopah in 1905.
In addition to checking each inmate's telephone and email lists, the advisor assigns each inmate a job, which is typically paid at well under 50¢. Typically there are more inmate workers than work to do, but policy is that every inmate in "population"—the main class of inmates, without special conditions—must have a job.
The Fresno County Jail processes and secures detainees from law enforcement agencies within Fresno County along with State and Federal inmates. [2] [3] [4] In addition, the Fresno County Sheriff's Department also runs a Satellite Jail located two miles away from the main facility.
Authorities in three states have made arrests in connection with individuals impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, as tensions rise amid a nationwide immigration crackdown.
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally hitting an 8-month-old baby with his car after he allegedly left the child on the road following an argument with a female passenger.
On June 6, 2015, inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat, both serving sentences for murder, escaped from the facility. Two prison employees, Joyce Mitchell and Gene Palmer, were charged with aiding the escape. During the search, on June 26, Matt was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in the town of Malone, New York.
Beatty (/ ˈ b eɪ t i / BAYT-ee) is an unincorporated town [3] along the Amargosa River in Nye County, Nevada, United States. U.S. Route 95 runs through the town, which lies between Tonopah, about 90 miles (140 km) to the north and Las Vegas, about 120 miles (190 km) to the southeast.
Elko County is the fourth-largest county by area in the contiguous United States, ranking lower when the boroughs of Alaska are included. It is one of only 10 counties in the U.S. with more than 10,000 square miles (25,900 km 2) of area. Elko County is the second-largest county by area in Nevada, with only Nye County being larger.