Embattled Nevada Department of Corrections Director Greg Cox resigned abruptly Monday under unknown circumstances. Gov. Brian Sandoval said in a statement he accepted Cox's resignation and ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Nevada Department of Corrections has reported three inmate deaths within three days. The deaths included Marc McCurdy, who died at Southern Desert Correctional Center ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The head of the Nevada Department of Corrections has resigned a week after a convicted murderer was able to escape Southern Desert Correctional Center. In a statement ...

There’s a 37-to-one ratio of inmates to officers, according to a source with knowledge of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Since the escape in September, it’s not clear if any staffing ...

“It's maddening.” Ferst is one of four state prison inmates who died in October at the same facility under the care of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Officials never said whether a ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Nevada Department of Corrections reported five prisoner deaths, including three convicted murderers. They all died late January into early February. Offender John ...

The Division of Forestry owns the camp and firefighting programs while the Department of Corrections staffs the camp. The Nevada Department of Corrections and Division of Forestry both declined to ...

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Corrections is requesting $1.25 million from a contingency fund to cover a budgeting shortfall for inmate medical care and to staff an additional unit at a ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The head of Nevada’s Department of Corrections has resigned at the request of Gov. Steve Sisolak in the wake of an escape by a convicted killer that went unreported for more ...

An investigation by the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) at one of the state’s prisons for women revealed that prison staff routinely exchanged contraband such as alcohol, narcotics ...

Those are the kinds of fears that have led leaders at the Nevada Department of Corrections to move ahead with a plan to outsource many duties performed by correctional officers to surveillance ...