Lovelock Correctional Center is a Nevada Department of Corrections

Nevada Department of Corrections

The Nevada Department of Corrections is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Nevada. The NDOC headquarters is located in Building 17 in the Stewart Facility in Carson City.-History:...

 prison in unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 Pershing County

Pershing County, Nevada

Pershing County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 6,693. Its county seat is Lovelock. The county was named after army general John J. Pershing . It was formed from Humboldt County in 1919, and the last county to be established in...

, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, near Lovelock

Lovelock, Nevada

Lovelock is a city in western Nevada that is the county seat of Pershing County, the location of a prison, and the namesake of the area's Cold War gunnery range...

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History

Lovelock is located in Pershing County and is the seventh major institution of the Nevada Department of Corrections. It was constructed and opened in two phases. The first phase opened in August 1995 with two 168 cell housing units. Each 80 square feet (7.4 m²) cell has the capacity to house two inmates. Construction on the second phase saw two 168 cell units and two 84 cell units being made for the institution to a current capacity of a total 1680 offenders. The Correctional center received worldwide media coverage in 2008 when former football

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 star, O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson

Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson , nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American collegiate and professional football player, football broadcaster, and actor...

, was sentenced to thirty-three years imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole.

External links

• Lovelock Correctional Center website