Three inmates have died, and nine others were transported for medical treatment following an “altercation” on Tuesday at a maximum-security prison in a rural mining city in eastern Nevada, the state’s Department of Corrections reported.
No officers were injured, and the department has not provided additional details on how the deaths and injuries occurred at the facility in Ely, Nevada. The names of the deceased inmates and the conditions of those injured have not been released.
A spokesperson for the Nevada Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to a request for more information on Tuesday.
The prison remains on lockdown as of late Tuesday afternoon while authorities investigate the incident.
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Ely State Prison is Nevada’s only maximum-security prison. In December 2022, several inmates held a hunger strike, citing unsafe conditions and inadequate food portions, according to advocates and some family members.
