NV DOC - Ely Conservation Camp (ECC)

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NV DOC – Ely Conservation Camp (ECC) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 775-289-8430

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Ely Conservation Camp located at Horse & Cattle Camp Rd in Ely, NV are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

Ely Conservation Camp has two full time teachers who help the inmate population earn a G.E.D. or high school diploma. Nevada Department of Forestry helps to train the inmates in a variety of skills, including: fire fighting, mechanics, fence rebuilding, concrete work, and building remodeling. The education department ensures that all inmates attend a Safe Serve class for culinary work prior to working in or around the kitchen. The Ely Conservation Camp caseworker teaches an Anger Management class. Other classes offered are New Beginnings and Financial Literacy.

Inmates can use money in their inmate banking account to purchase debit calling time through the Inmate Store.

Vocational Training
More than 78% of inmates come to prison with minimal job training. Vocational skills are taught to Nevada inmates by the school districts and colleges, prison industries, and the Nevada Division of Forestry. Inmates can learn culinary skills, construction trades, animal science, fire-fighting, auto mechanics and restoration, business and management, equipment repair, HVAC installation and repair, welding, furniture manufacturing, dry cleaning, computer skills and more. Inmates may also get prison jobs as clerks, cooks, janitors, maintenance workers, landscapers, construction crews and other such positions that provide them on-the-job training.
Incentives for Inmates
Nevada law provides incentives for offenders to earn an education while incarcerated; among these incentives is the application of educational credits toward the reduction of sentences. An offender, who earns a certificate, educational or vocational, while behind bars, may qualify to expedite his/her release date.
Reducing Recidivism
When combined with other rehabilitative programs, education is a powerful factor in reducing recidivism. Rigorous study gives offenders the intellectual leverage they need to revise their view of themselves and leave prison better equipped to contribute positively to their families and communities. Education has been the longest running and most successful rehabilitative program in our prison history.
Community Resources
Friends and Family of Incarcerated Persons, Inc. (FFIP)
FFIP is designed to provide support to friends and family of those incarcerated. The group's contact information is as follows:
P. O. Box 27708
Las Vegas, NV 89126
ffipnv.org
Little Children Big Challenges: Incarceration
Sesame Street's newest initiative is a bilingual (English/Spanish) multimedia outreach, providing much-needed resources to support and comfort young children (ages 3-8) throughout their parents' incarceration.
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-room/incarceration/

visitation Info

NV DOC – Ely Conservation Camp – Visitation

Visiting at ECC is held on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. Hours allowed for visits is 8 am to 11 am.

Visitors must call 24 hours in advance to ensure that the inmate is at the camp and not on a work assignment.