Current:Home > Invest3 inmates dead and at least 9 injured in rural Nevada prison ‘altercation,’ officials say -FutureFinance
3 inmates dead and at least 9 injured in rural Nevada prison ‘altercation,’ officials say
View
Date:2025-04-18 11:27:52
ELY, Nev. (AP) — Three inmates have died and nine others were transported for medical treatment as a result of an “altercation” on Tuesday at a maximum-security prison in a rural mining city in eastern Nevada, the state’s Department of Corrections said.
No officers were injured and the department gave no additional details about how the deaths and injuries occurred in Ely, Nevada. The department did not release the names of any of the inmates that died or the conditions of those injured.
A spokesperson for the Nevada Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to a request asking for more information on Tuesday.
The prison remains on lockdown as of late Tuesday afternoon as authorities investigate the deaths and injuries.
Ely State Prison is the only maximum-security prison in Nevada. In December 2022, several inmates held a hunger strike over what advocates and some family members described as unsafe conditions and inadequate food portions.
veryGood! (477)
Related
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- Two officers shot, man killed by police in gunfire exchange at Miami home, officials say
- University of Iowa names Beth Goetz permanent director of athletics
- University of Iowa names Beth Goetz permanent director of athletics
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- Where to watch 2024 Grammy Awards: TV channel, streaming info for 'Music's Biggest Night'
- Canadian world champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber dies at 29 from medical complications
- A man is acquitted in a 2021 fatal shooting outside a basketball game at a Virginia high school
- 'Most Whopper
- Biden-Harris campaign to unveil new effort to push abortion rights advocacy ahead of Roe anniversary
Ranking
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Hi Hi!
- The 10 greatest movies of Sundance Film Festival, from 'Clerks' to 'Napoleon Dynamite'
- Elijah Blue Allman's divorce dismissal refiled amid mom Cher's conservatorship request
- 7 giant tortoises found dead in U.K. forest, sparking police appeal for info to solve the mystery
- Brianna LaPaglia Reveals The Meaning Behind Her "Chickenfry" Nickname
- Mississippi has the highest rate of preventable deaths in the US, health official says
- BAFTA nominations 2024: 'Oppenheimer,' 'Poor Things' lead
- Justice Department report details the how the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, unfolded
Recommendation
Hackers hit Rhode Island benefits system in major cyberattack. Personal data could be released soon
Shooting inside popular mall in Kansas City, Missouri, injures 6
Supreme Court Weighs Overturning a Pillar of Federal Regulatory Law
National Popcorn Day 2024: The movie theaters offering free, discounted popcorn deals
Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
House committee holds final impeachment hearing for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Five tips for understanding political polls this election season
Singaporean minister charged for corruption, as police say he took tickets to F1 races as bribes