An inmate who was armed with a prison-made weapon refused to surrender for nearly four hours, according to the Nevada ...

Two inmates armed with weapons were involved in a confrontation at a Southern Nevada prison this week, according to the state ...

The incident is now raising alarming questions about the facility’s readiness to handle the most violent criminals in the state after a recent prisoner swap with Ely State Prison.

Nevada’s measure was largely symbolic, leaving it up to the courts to decide whether changes would be made to prison labor. A progressive prison reform that was on the ballot in California and ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - An inmate at High Desert State Prison was killed by his cellmate in a stabbing last Thursday. The Nevada Department of Corrections confirmed to FOX5 that the incident occurred ...

An inmate is dead after being killed by a cellmate last week.Accordfing to theNevada Department of Corrections ...

The facility recently transitioned from a medium-security prison. Two thousand inmates, including Nevada’s death row population, were transferred from Ely State Prison, located nearly 300 miles north ...

An inmate was stabbed to death last Thursday at High Desert State Prison, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections ... said her son was incarcerated at Ely State Prison, then moved ...

The basement of a university building was transformed into a makeshift prison. Some of the young men were assigned to be prisoners; the others became guards. The study turned dark almost ...

The violence broke out early Tuesday in one of the pavilions at Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, according to national prison agency SNAI. Both Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday approved an 815-acre site for a planned prison to hold 3,000 inmates, despite objections from residents and local officials that ...