Nevada
Guides and facility information for Nevada, where the Department of Corrections runs six major state prisons — all state-operated — plus minimum-custody conservation camps and transitional housing, while county jails are run separately.
The Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) runs the state’s prison system — six major prisons, plus a tier of minimum-custody conservation camps and two transitional housing centers. They are all state-operated; Nevada does not currently run private prisons within its state system. Together the system holds roughly 10,800 people. NDOC’s materials generally use the words inmate and offender; this site uses neutral terms.
Where a person is held turns first on the sentence. A person sentenced to state prison is held in an NDOC institution; people awaiting trial or serving a jail sentence are held in a county jail (such as the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas or the Washoe County jail in Reno), which is run by the county, sets its own rules, and is not in the NDOC search.
Newly committed people are processed at an intake center first — men at High Desert State Prison for southern Nevada or the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City for the north, and women at the Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center near Las Vegas — before assignment and transfer. Nevada has an active death penalty, though it has not carried out an execution since 2006: men under a death sentence are held at High Desert State Prison, the execution chamber is at Ely State Prison, and women under a death sentence are held at Florence McClure.
To find where someone is held, use the NDOC inmate search by name or NDOC number. Incoming personal mail goes directly to the institution (Nevada does not use an off-site mail vendor; state law requires physical mail to be delivered), so confirm the current rules on what may be enclosed before sending (see the mail guide). The conservation camps and transitional housing are a separate minimum-custody tier — noted here but not individually paged, and two camps (Carlin and Jean) are set to close in July 2026; the former Warm Springs Correctional Center in Carson City has been closed since 2022. Use the guides below for the statewide rules at Nevada prisons, or go straight to a specific institution.
State guides
Visiting in Nevada (NDOC)
Nevada's visiting process — getting on the incarcerated person's approved visitor list (the person applies to add each visitor) and arranging a visit with the institution — plus the dress code, ID rules, and GettingOut video visits.
Mail & Packages in Nevada (NDOC)
Nevada delivers incoming personal mail physically to the institution — state law (AB 121, 2023) requires original mail and NDOC uses no off-site scanning vendor — plus how to address it, what may be enclosed, and the Corrlinks electronic-message option.
Phone & Video Calls in Nevada (NDOC)
Nevada's communications system — ViaPath phone calls billed through ConnectNetwork, plus GettingOut tablets, electronic messaging, and video visits — and how families set up and fund accounts.
Sending Money in Nevada (NDOC)
How to deposit money to an incarcerated person's trust account in Nevada — online or by phone through ConnectNetwork and by mailed money order — and what the account pays for, including commissary and phone.
Medical & Mental Health Care in Nevada (NDOC)
How health care works in Nevada prisons — requesting care through the institution's sick-call process, the in-house Medical Division and the Regional Medical Facility at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center, the inmate medical co-pay, and the NDOC grievance process.
Transfers & Finding Someone in Nevada (NDOC)
How Nevada intake works, how to find where someone is held with the NDOC inmate search, and how classification, transfers, and facility closures change a person's location.
Facilities
Women's facilities
Men's facilities
Ely State Prison
Ely · Medium security (men) since 2024 — houses the state execution chamber
High Desert State Prison
Indian Springs · Maximum security (men) — the men's death row; also the southern Nevada intake center
Lovelock Correctional Center
Lovelock · Medium security (men) — includes a protective-custody unit
Northern Nevada Correctional Center
Carson City · Medium security (men) — the northern intake center; houses the Regional Medical Facility
Southern Desert Correctional Center
Indian Springs · Medium security (men)