Nevada Southern Detention Center
Phone: 775-751-4500
Physical Address:
Nevada Southern Detention Center
2190 East Mesquite Avenue
Pahrump, NV 89060
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's First and Last Name
Nevada Southern Detention Center
2190 East Mesquite Avenue
Pahrump, NV 89060
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Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) State Prison Inmate Mugshots
In addition, the offender search contains information about prisoners, parolees, and probationers who are currently under supervision, and who have been discharged. It also contains sex offenders, violent offenders, and those inmates who have absconded, or escaped.
The actual prison that an inmate is assigned to depends on factors such as security classification, remaining time of their sentence, gang affiliation, and location of their residence.
The Nevada State Prison System began in 1862, when the first state prison in Nevada opened in Carson City.
Today the state of Nevada Prison System maintains 11 state correctional facilities.
With a staff of 2,400 correctional workers, as of the end of 2023 they oversee approximately 10,000 inmates, with another 20,000 on parole or supervised release.
The following will explain the instructions, tricks and hacks you can use to find any inmate in custody with the Nevada Department of Corrections.
The Nevada Department of Corrections provides a limited amount of information you may want to know about any inmate in their system, however they do list every inmate. Inmates in custody have their crimes listed, as well as previous convictions. They also list all inmates who have been discharged.
To look up an inmate, you need the full last name.
Step 1 - Applying to Visit
Anyone wishing to visit an inmate must first complete and mail in an Inmate Visiting Application, but it must come from the prison.
It works like this:
An inmate requesting to receive a visit must first submit an Inmate’s Application for Visiting Privileges. This is required for each individual the inmate is requesting to include on their respective authorized visitor list, with a maximum number of five. The exception to the maximum of five is if there are copies of certified birth certificates demonstrating that the inmate has more than five (5) biological children.
The visiting room officer will then complete the top portion of the Inmate Visiting Application form, initial, date, and mail the form to the prospective visitor(s). \
The Inmate’s Application for Visiting Privileges will be filed by the visiting room officer, awaiting return of the Inmate Visiting Application.
After completing it, you must mail it directly to the facility you wish to visit. The mailing addresses for each of the facilities are linked to on this page.
After the visitor is approved or disapproved, the inmate will be sent a response stating the visitor(s) name and disposition of the request.
A letter of approval will also be sent to the prospective visitor’s address, along with a copy of the Nevada DOC Visiting Rules and Regulations. In addition, the prospective visitor will be referred to the NDOC website for information regarding the visiting schedule of the approved institution.
Step 2 - The Visit
READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE RULES, REGULATIONS AND DRESS CODES prior to the visit. They can be found on pages 4-22 of this document.
Contact the Visitation Room Officer at 775-751-4500 at least 24 hours in advance to confirm the visit.
Visitors must present proof of identification, i.e., State or federally issued I.D., Driver’s License, Passport, or Consular I.D. and other vital information needed upon request of institution officials before being permitted to receive a visit.
Identification of minors less than 16 years of age may be established with a certified copy of their birth certificate, which will be kept in the Visiting File.
No person who has been convicted of a felony in any state will be allowed to visit unless prior written approval is received from the Deputy Director.
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1. AdvanceConnect – Good Option - You control all phone numbers your inmate can call.
This type of account offers you the following benefits:
• You are able to receive inmate calls as long as funds are available in your account.
• You can add multiple phone numbers to your account so your inmate can reach your home phone, work phone, cell phone, other relatives, neighbors, friends, etc.
• Calls WILL connect to cell phones.
2. Inmate Debit – Inmate can call anyone they choose (subject to jail's approval)
This type of account offers you the following benefits:
• You can fund an Inmate Debit account without having your own calling account.
• Inmates can call anyone on their approved calling list without requiring friends and family to create separate prepaid accounts.
• Calls WILL connect to cell phones.
• Funds placed in the Inmate Debit account will become the property of the inmate and friends & family members will not be able to receive refunds on this account.
3. Direct Bill - You receive calls from your inmate, and the charges are billed to you monthly.
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Nevada Southern Detention Center Inmate & Family Voicemail
Securus Outbound Voicemail provides your inmate an opportunity to leave a message for their family and friends when a call to their mobile goes unanswered. Once the inmate leaves a voicemail, a text message containing a link will be sent to the dialed number. The recipient of the inmate's voicemail is then sent to a web form to pay and listen to the message. The voicemail will be available for up to 30 days after it is sent, and then another 30 days after it is paid for.
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ADVANCE CONNECT Phone Calls
$0.21 per minute
INMATE DEBIT Phone Calls
$0.21 per minute
DIRECT BILL Phone Calls
$0.25 per minute
TRADITIONAL COLLECT Phone Calls
$0.25 per minute
VOICEMAIL Message
One minute - $0.75 per minute
Postcards
The Nevada Southern Detention Center allows inmates to receive pre-metered postcards like the type purchased from the post office. They may also allow certain photo postcards as long as they have not been tampered with or contain images that may be considered to be obscene or violent in nature. It is best to only use blue or black ink. Always include your name and return address.
Envelopes
The Nevada Southern Detention Center also allows envelopes to be mailed to inmates. It is best to only use blue or black ink.
Postcards and envelopes MUST HAVE the sender's full name and return address on the envelope.
Postcards and envelopes MUST be mailed to the following address:
Confirm Mailing Address here
Legal Mail
Send all Legal Mail to this Address:
Confirm Mailing Address here
Newspapers
Newspapers may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher.
Magazines
News, special interest or sports magazines may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher. Any magazines that contain profanity, weapons, pornography or other content that is adult in nature will be confiscated by the jail staff and will NOT be delivered to the inmate.
Books
The Nevada Southern Detention Center allows books to be mailed directly to the jail from a reputable source such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million. You can order them directly from your computer and have them shipped to the inmate at the address noted.
Books must NOT contain images or content that are considered excessively violent, pornographic or obscene. Any book that does not meet the Nevada Southern Detention Center standards will be disposed of.
Hard cover books will not be accepted by the jail due to their potential to be used as a weapon.
All newspapers, magazines and books are to be shipped to:
Confirm Mailing Address here
Access Securepak carries over 1,000 different items in the following categories:
- Food and Snacks
- Personal Hygiene Products
- Electronics
- Apparel
Registration Process:
1. Register here.
2. Select Nevada.
3. Select Nevada Southern Detention Center.
4. Find your Inmate.
5. Deposit Funds.
6. Order Commissary Items.
Once you are logged in, you will receive instructions on how much (and what products) you can send your inmate.
Contact Information:
* If you have any questions, you can call Access Securepak at 800-546-6283.
* You can email My Care Pack at [email protected].
* You can write them at:
Access Securepak
10880 Linpage Place
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* You can Live Chat with a Representative online: (bottom left corner of page)
Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.–11 p.m. CST,
and Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. CST.
*Note* Access Securepak will issue a refund for or replace broken, damaged, or missing products reported by Nevada Southern Detention Center staff. They will not honor reports of discrepancies from inmate's families or friends.
My CarePack is the Nevada Southern Detention Center's outside vendor for Commissary Items. They have a very good mix of Chips, Snacks, Candy, Meat, Seafood, Hygiene products, Letter writing materials, Electronics and Apparel items for sale on their website.
*NOTE* -- Once you are fully registered and have selected the inmate you wish to send commissary to, you will receive instructions on how much you can deposit, how much (and what) you can purchase for your inmate, and how often you can send commissary.
Corrlinks is a third party service that contracts with the Nevada Southern Detention Center and other prisons throughout the country to allow inmates and their friends and family to communicate using digital secure messaging that is monitored by the institution prior to being delivered.
Corrlinks also has a video visitation service and allows inmates to receive funds that are sent to them from the outside.
In order to exchange messages from an inmate, you must first receive an invitation from the inmate, which they can do from within Nevada Southern Detention Center. There is usually a fee involved in this service, but not so for messages from/to inmates residing at facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or CoreCivic (CCA).
The cost for Corrlinks in the Nevada Department of Corrections is $0.30 per message.
Step 1 - Register
Register with your name, address, email and phone number. A verification email will be sent to you.
Step 2 - Send Message
At this point you must have an invitation from an inmate, or a verifcation code will be sent to you email beforehand that allows you to send your first message to an inmate.
The screen will look like this:
If you need assistance Corrlinks has a comprehensive FAQ Page and a Customer Support page.
Everything is done online, there is no phone to call.
State Inmate
Most states have Department of Corrections websites that allow you to type in a felon's first and last name and pull up inmates in that state.
If you need to find a sentenced inmate serving time in a state other than Nevada, go here. To find an inmate in Nevada, just scroll to the top of the page and click on the Inmate Search button.
Once you locate them click next to the inmate's name or on the link provided and it will show you which prison the inmate is housed in. If the inmate is no longer incarcerated, but is on parole/probation or discharged, it will tell you that as well. In addition, many state prison inmate pages show recent mug shots.
Federal Inmate
The federal prison system has its own inmate locator called the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator.
Type in the inmate's name and it will tell you where he or she is incarcerated and their projected release date. It also lists released federal prison inmates and the date they were released.
Federal inmates who are moved from one prison to another will show as "No longer in federal custody" on the system until they reach their next federal prison destination. This movement can take a few days to several months to complete, so keep checking back to find out where the inmate was taken.
ICE Inmates
The ICE Detainee Lookup allows friends, family members and interested parties to locate illegal and/or undocumented immigrants that are in the United States without permission.
Has the Inmate been recently arrested?... Try a County Jail
In many cases, the person you are looking for has either not been convicted or sentenced or has been sentenced and is awaiting transport to a State or Federal Prison and is still incarcerated in a City or County Jail.
To locate that person, go here to first find the State, and then the County where they were originally arrested or have been transported to. From there you can begin your search in our databases that contain the names and information of millions of inmates.
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