A high-profile inmate escape, the resignation of the prisons director, and reports that fences, doors and windows were ...

A man wanted in connection with a triple homicide that occurred at Ely State Prison , according to authorities, in July 2024 has been arrested in Reno.Andrew Em ...

According to the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC), Emerich had been released from Ely State Prison in October after serving time for possession of a controlled substance, possession of a ...

Hanson, 35, was serving a sentence for robbery. The prison replaced Ely State Prison as the state’s highest security facility in September after 2,000 inmates were transferred between the two.

5. Dorotiak and Thomas’ deaths are the fifth and sixth deaths at High Desert since the department completed the transfer of more than 2,000 inmates between High Desert and Ely State Prison in 2024.