A women's facility at Carson City, Warm Springs Correctional Center, was converted to house male inmates.

The 145,000-square-foot (13,500 m2) Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center was built to house around 500 inmates.

[6] On February 23, 2004, the Corrections Corporation of America said that they would not renew their contract to operate the facility, which expired on October 1, 2004.

The Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) solicited bids for another private company to operate the prison.

State Senator Bob Coffin objected to the idea of another private company operating the prison.