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Ely State Prison
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Ely State Prison is a state prison located in White Pine County, Nevada. Rated capacity: 1,183. Reported population: 1,142. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Ely State Prison (ESP) is a medium 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. As of 2010, 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.
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Capacity
1,183
Current population
1,142
Occupancy
97%
Year opened
1989
Closed 2012
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Nevada Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1989
Region
Nevada
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
Ely State Prison continues to have some of the worst solitary confinement practices in the country.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project23 Dec 2014
cilities, including a ban on isolation over 72 hours. The law also mandates the keeping of comprehensive monthly records of when and where solitary confinement is used. Meanwhile, Ely State Prison continues to have some of the worst solitary confinement practices in the country. NEW YORK September-December: Under pressure from the Jails Action Coalition, the New York City Board of Corrections
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q1334398)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Ely State Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ely-state-prison
"Ely State Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ely-state-prison.
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