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Southern Desert Correctional Center (SDCC) is a state prison for men located in Indian Springs, Clark County, Nevada, owned and operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections. [1] The capacity is 2149 inmates. Most are medium security.
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.
As late as 2015, Nevada legislators raised the possibility of reopening it, if only to illustrate a political point. [3] SNCC should not be confused with the Southern Desert Correctional Center, also run by the state for state inmates, and the Nevada Southern Detention Center, a private prison run by Corrections Corporation of America.
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 ...
Pahrump welcome sign. Pahrump (/ p ə ˈ r ʌ m p / pə-RUMP) is an unincorporated town located at the southernmost tip of Nye County, Nevada, United States, [3] about 50 miles (80 km) west of Las Vegas (roughly an hour away by driving distance). Pahrump lies adjacent to the Nevada–California border and the area had a population of 44,738 as ...
A spokesperson for the Nevada Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to a request asking for more information on Tuesd ... 3 inmates dead and at least 9 injured in rural Nevada ...
Luckily for Sumner, he had managed to find a place that welcomed his approach: the Nevada State Prison, a troubled high-security facility near Carson City. Not long before Sumner arrived, two prisoners armed with homemade knives had taken 10 people hostage , including a prison chaplain, and (unsuccessfully) demanded a helicopter.
In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for failing to properly observe inmates. Jail or Agency: Bell County Jails; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 5/23/2016; Age at death: 45; Sources: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, www.tdtnews ...