Two inmates died at High Desert State Prison, according to two news releases this week from the Nevada Department of Corrections. John A. Garcia, 21, was pronounced dead at the prison, which is 40 ...

An inmate at a Southern Nevada prison died last month, state corrections officials announced Monday. Joseph Newman, 53, died at High Desert State Prison on April 1, according to the Nevada Department ...

Nevada is the driest U.S. state, both lying in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada and receiving among the highest solar irradiance of any U.S. state, and is thus largely desert and semi-arid. Nevada comprises the majority of the Great Basin, as well as a large portion of the Mojave Desert.

KSNV News 3 Las Vegas on MSN: High Desert State Prison death of inmate probed as homicide, autopsy sought

High Desert State Prison death of inmate probed as homicide, autopsy sought

For decades, Nevada’s economic identity was tethered to the neon glow of the Las Vegas Strip. But a boom is unfolding in the high desert.

Nevada is an arid state of the US, lying between California and Utah. Most of the state is within the Great Basin, but parts of the northeast drain into the Snake River and the southern portion is within the Mohave Desert and the Colorado river drainage.

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