Nevada State Prison
Carson City, NV · Est. 1862 · Closed 2012
Facility Overview
Nevada State Prison (NSP) is a historical Nevada correctional institution located in Carson City, NV, operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). The facility was established in 1862. NDOC does not publish a current population for this facility.
Closed — May 18, 2012
Closed on 18 May 2012 for budgetary reasons after 150 years of continuous operation, one of the oldest continuously operating prisons in the United States at the time. Most of its roughly 700 residents were transferred to High Desert State Prison.
Source: Contemporaneous reporting; date not confirmed against an NDOC primary source.
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