Ely State Prison

Coordinates: 39°23′08″N 114°56′18″W / 39.3855°N 114.9384°W / 39.3855; -114.9384

Ely State Prison (ESP) is a maximum security penitentiary located in unincorporated White Pine County, Nevada, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Ely. The facility, operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections, opened in July 1989. Phase I was completed and opened in August of that year. Phase II was completed in the month of November in 1990. Originally Ely had a capacity of 1,054; as of 2010 its capacity is for 1,150. The prison has a staff of 406 and is a major employer in the Ely area. As of September 2010, the prison housed 1,077 male inmates.

The state's death row for men is located at Ely State Prison.Executions by the state of Nevada are still to be carried out at Nevada State Prison, even though the facility closed due to budget issues in 2012.

As of 2012 the department was considering a capital improvement program that would relocate the execution chamber from Nevada State Prison to Ely State Prison.

List of United States state prisons

This is a list of U.S. State prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories):

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