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The 1,576,000 sq ft (146,400 m 2) complex lies approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Las Vegas along highway 95. [1] It was designed as the most secure prison within the Nevada Department of Corrections system. High Desert State Prison contains 12 housing units designed to house 336 inmates each.
The construction of the first facility in the Las Vegas area was completed in early 1978. There are presently seven major institutions; two transitional housing centers; 9 conservation camps; and one Boot Camp operated by the Department of Corrections.
Institution County or city Notes Casa Grande Transitional Housing Clark: Ely State Prison: White Pine: Nevada's death row High Desert State Prison: Clark
The prison is a massive complex less than an hour from Las Vegas, surrounded by electric fences with razor ribbon and then miles of brush and gravel. In “the hole,” as the solitary unit is known, inmates are isolated for around 23 hours a day—sometimes because they’re being punished, sometimes for their own protection.
Las Vegas police have apprehended a man who escaped prison earlier this week while serving a life sentence for a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip resort.
The 145,000-square-foot (13,500 m 2) Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center was built to house around 500 inmates. The dedication was held on Saturday, September 13, 1997, with inmates being moved in the following week. [4] In 2003, Correctional Officer Randy Easter raped inmate Korinda Martin. A judge sentenced the two to probation. [6]