Pahrump, NV

Nevada Southern Detention Center

United States

Status

In use

2025

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Management: CoreCivic (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
250
166

4 August 2017

No Data
United States

277,913

Migration Detainee Entries

37,722

Average Daily Migrant Detainee Population

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FACILITY NAMES
Nevada Southern Detention Center
Location

Country: United States

City & Region: Pahrump, NV, Americas

Latitude, Longitude: 36.252942, -115.977017

Contact Information
2190 E Mesquite Avenue
Pahrump, NV, 89048
Tel: +1 (775) 751-4500

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2020
In use
2019
In use
2018
In use
2017
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
2018
National typology
Official Typology
Year
U.S. Marshals Service Inter-Governmental Agreement
2023
US Marshall Service Intergovernmental Agreement (USMS IGA)
2017
Management
Management
Type
Year
CoreCivic
Private For-Profit
2019
CoreCivic
Private For-Profit
2019
Corrections Corporations of America (CCA)
Private For-Profit
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Department of Homeland Security
Internal or Public Security
2017
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
Office of the Federal Detention Trustee (OFDT)
2017
Private Company
Formerly Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), now CoreCivic
2017
Area of Operations
Regional Jurisdiction
Year
Salt Lake City Field Office
2023
Nashville, TN
2017
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2011

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2022

Adult men

2022

Adult women

2017

Adult men

2017
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 250

2017
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 51

2022

Number 173

2017

Number 200

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
166
4 August 2017

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 37

2022

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Score Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2022

Score Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2016

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2017

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