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| Nevada State Prison Closes 150 Years of History |
| By kolotv.com - Ed Pearce |
| Published: 01/11/2012 |
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CARSON CITY, NV - For the first time in 150 years, the Nevada State Prison is empty Monday night,. Earlier in the day the prison';s last six inmates left, transferred elsewhere in the state';s prison system. Click here to find out more! "There's a sense of passing, an ending," says Department of Corrections spokesman Steve Suwe. "Yes, maybe even melancholy." Like many longtime staffers in the department, Suwe can't remember a time when the old prison wasn't part of his life. In fact, the Carson City prison has been part of the state's history from the beginning. In fact, it predates statehood by two years. In 1862, the territorial legislature bought the Warm Springs Hotel and 20 acres from Carson City founder Abraham Curry, founded the prison and made him its first warden. Read More. |
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