Inmates at a Nevada state prison are on a hunger strike in a protest they say is due to poor conditions inside the facility. About 40 prisoners began the hunger strike on Dec. 1 first inside Nevada’s ...

Inmates in Nevada prisons are being denied necessary medical care and medications, according to providers and a memo provided to the Current. “It has come to our attention that there have been ...

Nevada OKs $4.6M settlement with family who says beatings by staff killed prisoner. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

July 31 (Reuters) - A Nevada maximum-security prison was in lockdown on Wednesday after a brawl that left three inmates dead and nine others hospitalized, prison officials said. Nevada Governor Joe ...

More than a million Nevada residents participated in this year’s general election over the last three weeks. Some dropped their ballots or voted in person at one of the many polling sites across the ...

More than two dozen prisoners are on a hunger strike at a Nevada state prison over what they say are abusive and violent conditions there, among other complaints. Twenty-five inmates at Ely State ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's Department of Corrections is changing a series of policies and practices that the U.S. Justice Department says illegally discriminate against prison inmates with HIV by ...

The Nevada Department of Corrections, responding to an inmate’s lawsuit, agreed to provide Orthodox Jewish inmates with kosher-certified meals. Corrections department officials said this week that the ...

The State of Nevada on Tuesday agreed to pay $340,000 to a group of inmate firefighters who alleged they were mocked and denied immediate medical care after inadequate equipment led to second-degree ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Seven days into a hunger strike at Ely State Prison, inmates continue to protest the conditions of their confinement. Though Ely is in Northern Nevada, the concerns are shared ...