The Nevada Department of Corrections announced the deaths of five inmates on Thursday, including three convicted murderers.

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

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - An inmate at High Desert State Prison was killed by his cellmate in a stabbing last Thursday. The Nevada Department of Corrections confirmed to FOX5 that the incident ...

15, according to a notice from the Nevada Department of Corrections ... September last year to serve up to six years at High Desert State Prison near Indian Springs. It's unclear when he was ...

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.

In this week’s edition of Behind the Bar, we dive into the recent budget hearings and whether per-pupil funding will drop.

A Nevada death row inmate is requesting a court hearing, pursuing what federal public defenders say is his right to the clemency process.

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — As officials investigate two more inmate deaths at High Desert State Prison, we're looking at the pay of corrections officers who work there.

For the second time this week, a new daily record high temperature was set in Las Vegas.

Being stuck in freezing temperatures was common at High Desert State Prison, a facility not far from the California-Nevada border. I’ll never forget sitting in the snow with wet pants and frozen legs.

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned by starvation because of drought. “Over the course of the last month and a ...