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The Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center (FMWCC, originally the Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Facility) is a state prison for women in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. All custody levels (minimum, medium and maximum) are housed there. It is operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). It houses Nevada's female ...
When a new women's prison was proposed to be built in Pioche, McClure successfully blocked the project, forcing it to be opened instead in North Las Vegas where it would be more easily accessible to families. The prison was renamed in her honor, the Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center, in 2007. [4]
Southern Desert Correctional Center: Clark: Southern Nevada Correctional Center: Clark: Closed in 2008 Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center: Clark: Previously known as Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Facility Houses Nevada’s women’s death row Warm Springs Correctional Center: Carson City: Closed in November 2022, but may be ...
The death row for women is in the Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center (previously Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center). [7] The execution chamber at Ely State Prison opened in 2016. [8] Previously it was located in a former gas chamber in Nevada State Prison in Carson City. Nevada executes inmates via lethal injection. [4]
Brookey Lee West (born June 28, 1953) is a convicted American murderer who is currently sentenced to life imprisonment at the Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center for the murder of her mother, Christine Smith in February 1998. Though officially convicted of one murder she is suspected to have killed 3 people including her brother and ...
Oliver died from a "long-standing, terminal medical condition for which treatment was ongoing," according to a spokesman for the Shawnee County Adult Detention Center and Annex. Jail or Agency: Shawnee County Adult Detention Center and Annex; State: Kansas; Date arrested or booked: 7/10/2015; Date of death: 5/10/2016; Age at death: 44; Sources ...
The Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW) is a state prison for women owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in Marysville, Ohio.It opened in September 1916, when 34 female inmates were transferred from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. [1]
Some that are considered a high security risk are held at the Ohio State Penitentiary and those with serious medical conditions are held at the Franklin Medical Center. [ citation needed ] The main men's death row was previously held at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution from 2011 until 2024.