A state lawmaker wants to triple the rate local jails are paid to house inmates who are waiting to be transferred to a state ...

Gregory Dwayne Smith Jr. was sentenced to 20 years for rape and related charges following an August 2024 assault at a ...

Both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature say they want the aging Green Bay ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he experienced “psychological torture,” physical abuse and alarming conditions while housed in El ...

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

He sprayed 10 rounds from an assault rifle at the 14-year-old boy as he approached his vehicle and later told authorities he ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...

Ely State Prison is one of six Nevada prisons. It has almost 1,200 beds, houses the state's death row for convicted killers and a lethal injection chamber that has never been used.

According to the NDOC's website, Ely State Prison is one of six Nevada prisons and holds a maximum capacity of 1,183 inmates. Less than two months after the incident, the NDOC designated a new ...

Ely State Prison was transitioned to medium security and nearly 2,000 inmates were moved between the two facilities in September, according to the NDOC.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said the final arrest for the deadly incident at Ely State Prison was made on March 5. In total, 20 people face multiple charges, including three counts of first ...

CARSON CITY, Nevada (KTNV) — Over a dozen people are now facing charges after three inmates were killed in a prison brawl at Ely State Prison. The incident happened on July 30, 2024.