Lovelock Correctional Center
Location | 1200 Prison Road, Pershing County, Nevada, 89419 U.S. |
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Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°13′22″N 118°23′18″W / 40.22278°N 118.38833°W 40.221123, -118.389614 |
Status | Operational every day |
Population | 1,680 |
Opened | August 1995 |
Warden | Tim Garrett |
Notable prisoners | |
O. J. Simpson (2008–2017) |
Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) is a Nevada Department of Corrections prison in unincorporated Pershing County, Nevada, United States, near Lovelock.[1]
History[]
Lovelock is in Pershing County and is the seventh major institution of the Nevada Department of Corrections.[1] It was constructed and opened in two phases. The first started in August 1995 with two 168-cell housing units. Each 80-square-foot (7.4 m2) cell can house two inmates. Construction on the second phase saw two 168-cell units and two 84-cell units made available for the institution to hold 1,680 offenders.[1] Its industrial plant, housed in two 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) buildings, makes garments and mattresses.[1]
The facility received wide media coverage in 2008 when former American football star O. J. Simpson was sent there after being sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years before becoming eligible for parole, which was granted on July 20, 2017.[2][3] He was released on October 1, 2017.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC)". Nevada Department of Corrections. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ "Parole board votes to release O.J. Simpson from prison in October". Espn.com. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ Arseniuk, Melissa; Ryan, Cy (December 19, 2008). "O.J. transferred to Lovelock". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/01/us/oj-simpson-released-from-prison/index.html
External links[]
- Prisons in Nevada
- Buildings and structures in Pershing County, Nevada
- O. J. Simpson
- 1995 establishments in Nevada