LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Nevada Department of Corrections is investigating the deaths of four inmates at two state prisons as homicides, with officials citing drug debt as a factor. According to the ...

Two Nevada state prisons, High Desert State Prison and Southern Desert Correctional Center, are operating under modified operations following a series of four suspected homicides over the past month.

The homicides appear to be unrelated, according to prison officials, who said that drugs were believed to have been a contributing factor. By Neil Vigdor Four inmates have been killed in less than a ...

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We're getting dozens of letters, phone calls and more from inmates and their families describing unsafe conditions in state prisons. Alyssa Bethencourt is fighting to get them answers LAS VEGAS (KTNV) ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The death rate among Nevada prisoners is now at a four-year high. The Nevada Department of Corrections has confirmed there was a stabbing at High Desert State Prison on Monday. The ...

A jury found Dr. Mike Naughton and Nurse Kathy Henderson violated inmate Nick Mork's right against cruel and unusual punishment by withholding medical care. The Nevada prison system has faced more ...

The Nevada Department of Corrections is investigating four suspected inmate homicides that have occurred at two state prisons since mid-July. The fourth, Ryan Warren-Hunt, 35, died Aug. 11 at Southern ...

Nevada’s prison system has a “staffing crisis” that is leading to worsening conditions for incarcerated people, skyrocketing overtime costs and declining morale among employees, according to a ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — After a series of homicides in Nevada prisons tied to drugs, officials say a man was arrested for supplying them to state and California prisons. The Nevada Department of ...

A Las Vegas man was arrested Thursday on three felony charges, including second-degree murder, related to “supplying drugs to correctional institutions in Nevada and California,” according to a Friday ...