Ely State Prison
1999 aerial photo of the prison
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| Location | 4569 North State Route 490 Ely, Nevada 89702 |
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| Coordinates | 39°23′7.80″N 114°56′18.24″W / 39.3855000°N 114.9384000°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 1,150 |
| Population | 1,125 male inmates (as of May 10, 2017) |
| Opened | July 1989 |
| Managed by | Nevada Department of Corrections |
| Warden |
Timothy Filson Associate Wardens Harold Mike Byrne William Gittere |
Coordinates: 39°23′08″N 114°56′18″W / 39.3855°N 114.9384°W
Timothy Filson
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. As of 2010[update] 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, as is the execution chamber, which opened in 2016.
The prison 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.
Ely State Prison was the recipient of numerous criticisms by the American Civil Liberties Union regarding its alleged failure to provide adequate medical care to its inmates.
Dr. William Noel, a medical expert retained by the ACLU, produced a report in December 2007 that described his review of the medical records of thirty five prisoners from ESP. He wrote that "the medical care provided at Ely State Prison amounts to the grossest possible medical malpractice, and the most shocking and callous disregard for human life and human suffering, that I have ever encountered in the medical profession in my thirty-five years of practice."
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