Nevada prosecutors say that 20 people have been accused in relation to a fight in a maximum security prison in East Nevada last year in which Three inmates were killed
and others were injured.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office He said this week The final arrest in the investigation was conducted on March 5.
The prisoners Anthony Williams, 41, Connor Brown, 22, and Zacharia Luz, 42, were killed in the fight of July 30 in Ely’s state prison. No officer were injured. The authorities say that the charges in the case include first degree murder and attempt to murder with the use of a mortal weapon with the intention of promoting or helping a criminal gang. It is not clear how many of the 20 defendants face those charges.
CBS Klas-TV Affiliate He informed that the altercation seemed to come from a dispute between two rival gangs and there were concerns about possible reprisals.
Ely State Prison is one of the six Nevada prisons. It has almost 1,200 beds, houses the state death corridor for convicted murderers and a lethal injection chamber that has never been used.
According to him Death Penalty Information CenterNevada currently has 59 inmates in the death corridor. Nevada has not carried out an execution since 2006.
The conditions after bars in the state have received criticism from defenders, particularly during hot summers and cold winters. In December 2022, Klas-Tv reported Several people imprisoned in Ely’s state prison celebrated a hunger strike on what defenders and some family members described as unsafe conditions and portions of inadequate food.
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“The search for justice does not stop at the gates of the prison, and those responsible for the death of the three inmates in Ely’s state prison will be responsible,” said Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, in a statement Tuesday. “We remain committed to ensuring that violence and misconduct within our state correctional system are found with all the force of the law.”
