▁an ▁additional ▁ ▁for ▁$ 8 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁Nev ada ▁became ▁a ▁State ▁in ▁October ▁of ▁that ▁year , ▁and ▁the ▁new ▁constitution ▁provided ▁that ▁the ▁Lieutenant ▁Governor ▁of ▁the ▁State ▁also ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁W arden ▁of ▁the ▁Pr ison . ▁The ▁Governor , ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State , ▁and ▁the ▁Att orney ▁General ▁were ▁named ▁as ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁Pr ison ▁Commission ers , ▁an ▁arrangement ▁that ▁continues ▁today . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁a ▁substantial ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁prison ▁burn ed ▁and ▁construction ▁of ▁new ▁facilities ▁began ▁immediately , ▁using ▁the ▁native ▁stone ▁and ▁in mate ▁labor . ▁Port ions ▁of ▁that ▁early ▁construction ▁are ▁still ▁visible ▁in ▁the ▁current ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁Pr ison . ▁This ▁Nev ada ▁State ▁Pr ison ▁remained ▁the ▁only ▁state ▁correction al ▁facility ▁in ▁Nev ada ▁for ▁many ▁dec ades . ▁Both ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁were ▁hous ed ▁in ▁the ▁facility , ▁in ▁separate ▁areas . ▁Exp ansion ▁of ▁the ▁Pr ison ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁with ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁second ▁facility ▁on ▁Car son ▁City , ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁Northern ▁Nev ada ▁correction al ▁Center . ▁A ▁separate ▁institution ▁was ▁also ▁constructed ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁Nev ada ▁State ▁Pr ison , ▁for ▁the ▁separate ▁housing ▁of ▁female ▁off enders . ▁The ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁facility ▁in ▁the ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁area ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁presently ▁seven ▁major