Prison

A state prison in northern Nevada will be closed as a safety, staffing and cost-cutting measure, and inmates and staff members will be reassigned to other…

UPDATE: Police have arrested a convicted bombmaker who escaped from a Nevada prison where he was serving a life sentence for a deadly 2007 explosion…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada will pay over $220,000 to a Las Vegas man as compensation for being imprisoned for more than four years for crimes a judge has…

Nevada’s prison system is nearing a crisis point. During a recent Board of Prison Commissioners meeting, officials with the Department of Corrections told…

Kirstin Blaise Lobato… DeMarlo Berry… Frederick Steese… These are all people who served time in Nevada prisons… and were ultimately found innocent of the…

Nevada’s prison population is higher than the national average and inmates are staying in jail much longer than they were a decade ago.The question is why…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials say five inmates convicted of homicide as juveniles have gone free since state lawmakers banned life without parole for…

An inmate is back behind bars after spending just minutes as an escapee of a northern Nevada prison. The Nevada Department of Corrections says 41-year-old…

As federal agencies have cut costs for firefighting measures, the burden of containing wildfires has been shifted to state and local jurisdictions.…

Perry Pearson was a 21-year-old telemarketer, when federal agents burst into his workplace and arrested everyone. He went to prison for 2 years for…