NV DOC - Ely State Prison (ESP)

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NV DOC – Ely State Prison (ESP) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 775-289-8800

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Ely State Prison located at 4569 N State Rte 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.

ESP is a maximum security state facility that can house about 1,185 adult male inmates. Ely State participates in the Nevada Prison Industries employing inmates in the production of draperies, which are used internationally. Offenders can earn a GED and adult basic education while serving their sentences. Ely State Prison has programs designed to change destructive behavioral patterns including anger management, life skills, domestic violence awareness, cage your rage, criminal thinking, financial literacy, anxiety awareness, starting over, new beginnings and more. Additionally, sex offender treatments include relapse prevention.

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

Programs include high school diploma; Mental Health Services; G.E.D.; adult education instruction; Anger Management, Anxiety, Feelings training; one-on-one counseling; Life Skills; Domestic Violence Awareness; ServeSafe; Cage Your Rage; Commitment to Change I-III; Houses of Healing; SOS Help for Emotions; 9-5 Beats 10 to Life; Values for Responsible Living; Starting Over; TRY: Treatment Readiness for You; Criminal Thinking; Relapse Prevention (Sex Offenders); Anger Management I and II; Anger Management (SAMHSA); New Beginnings; and Financial Literacy.

Prison Industries – Custom draperies for government and commercial use have been produced locally since 1991 and are shipped nationally and internationally. Products consist of pinch pleats, rod pockets, snap-tape, ripple-fold, jabots and swags, as well as different styles of valances. The shop employs 30 specially trained drapery craftsmen, and they are held to the highest production standards. The shop is capable of producing in excess of 500 widths per day. Additionally, custom work for specialty end users such as passenger trains, ocean liners, submarines, convalescent centers, mental institutions and juvenile facilities have been completed. Our motto is, "We have the time to do it right".

Programs: Vocational Training, Educational Opportunities, and Treatment Services – The programs offered at Ely State Prison offer vocational training, educational opportunities and treatment services. These programs include:

Certificate Only Programs:
Anger Management II: Continuing to Cage your rage
Anxiety
Feelings
Criminal Thinking/Criminal Behavior
Victim Awareness (Empathy)
Starting Over
Life Skills Series
Nine to Five Beats Ten to Life
TRY: Treatment Readiness for You
The Con Game
Values for Responsible Living
Learning to live Without Violence
The Adult Relapse Prevention Workbook
Domestic Violence Awareness
Domestic Violence Prevention

Merit Credit Programs:
High School Diploma
ServeSafe
Commitment to Change I-III
Financial Literacy

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. The 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.

visitation Info

NV DOC – Ely State Prison (ESP) – Visitation

Visiting Hours

Processing begins at 8:30 A.M. and ends at 2:30 P.M. Processing will stop at 10:00 A.M. during the institutional count and resume after count clears. All visitors must sign in, have their hand stamped, and be cleared through the metal detector.
All visitors and their vehicles are subject to search.
Visiting hours are from 9:00 A.M. until 2:45 P.M. for close custody inmates, and from 4:30 P.M. until 8:45 P.M. for minimum custody inmates.
Visits are scheduled as indicated:

Visiting days:

Maximum Lockup/CMU Units 1 & 4 inmates
Monday and Tuesday
9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Close Level – 4, Units 2 & 3 inmates
Wednesday
9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Close Levels – 2/3/4, Units 6A, 7&8 inmates
Thursday and Friday
9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Close Levels – 1, Units 5A, 5B & 6B inmates
Saturday and Sunday
9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Minimum, building 12 5B & 6B inmates);
Saturday and Sunday Evening
4:30 p.m.-8:45 p.m.

VideoVisitation:
JUVENILE OFFENDERS ONLY
Friday
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
2 weeks advance notice, online registration required.

Inmates housed in the infirmary may be scheduled any day of the week but will visit behind glass.
All visiting must conform to A.R. 719, O.P 719 and Ely State Prison Visiting Rules and Regulations.
ALL INMATE VISITORS MUST BEGIN AN ORDERLY DEPARTURE AT 2:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.