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This is a list of state prisons in Nevada operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections. The only federal prison in Nevada is Federal Prison Camp, Nellis, closed in 2005. This list does not include county jails located in the state of Nevada.
John Hancock Hanging: 2 1905 November 17 Thomas F. Gorman 3 1905 ... 1921–1976: Nevada State Prison gas chamber. Prior to January 1, 1912, ...
Prior to 2016, prisoners facing capital punishment were held at Ely State Prison and were sent to Nevada State Prison's execution chamber to be executed. [6] In 2016, a new execution chamber was opened at Ely and the chamber at the Nevada State Prison was closed. [14] This prison became the state-designated facility for all hangings in 1903.
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.
Feb. 20—SPARTA, Ga. — The stabbing death of an inmate at Hancock State Prison near Sparta last year resulted in another inmate pleading guilty Thursday morning to voluntary manslaughter. Cesar ...
The deadly melee broke out on Tuesday afternoon at the Ely State Prison in a rural mining town some 250 miles (400 km) north of Las Vegas. Nevada prison fight leaves three inmates dead, nine ...
Hancock State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Hancock County, Georgia. [2] The facility opened in 1991 and currently has a capacity of 1191 prisoners. In 2010, Hancock state prison participated in the 2010 Georgia prison strike using contraband cell phones.
Ely State Prison is one of six Nevada prisons. It has almost 1,200 beds and houses the state's death row for convicted killers and a lethal injection chamber that has never been used. Nevada has ...