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Nevada prisons director points to 4-mile fence, better staffing; inmate food issues persist
A high-profile inmate escape, the resignation of the prisons director, and reports that fences, doors and windows were ...
Inmate killed by cellmate at High Desert State Prison, officials say
An inmate is dead after being killed by a cellmate at High Desert State Prison on Thursday, November 7. According to the ...
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Inmate stabbed to death at prison northwest of Las Vegas
An inmate was stabbed and killed inside High Desert State Prison, Nevada’s maximum-security facility northwest of Las Vegas. On Jan. 5, Brandon Hanson was pronounced dead at the prison.
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Lawsuit says officers allowed attacks by gang members at Nevada prison
Two recent lawsuits filed against the Nevada Department of Corrections allege a pattern of guards allowing prisoners to be attacked by incarcerated gang members at High Desert State Prison.
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Notorious Nevada death row inmate Zane Floyd seeks commutation of his sentence
A Nevada death row inmate is requesting a court hearing, pursuing what federal public defenders say is his right to the clemency process.
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The appalling story of a California prison guard who committed suicide: 'The job made me do it'
In 2006, Jones' employer High Desert State Prison sent him to work in the "Z-unit," which houses the most dangerous inmates, according to the suit. There, he allegedly witnessed an array of ...