A 38-year-old inmate died May 8 at High Desert State Prison, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.The department said Offender Jonathan Latorre was ...

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 ...

A 31-year-old inmate at High Desert State Prison died this week, according to a news release from the Nevada Department of Corrections. Enrique F. Rojas-Rubio was pronounced dead at the prison, which ...

Three inmates died in Southern Nevada prisons just over a month apart, state corrections officials announced Monday. Keith Sullivan, 53, died at High Desert State Prison, located outside of Indian ...

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.