Lovelock Correctional Center
{{Short description|Prison in Nevada, United States}}
{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Lovelock Correctional Center
| image = Lovelock Correctional Center 16 56 31 604000.jpeg
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| location = 1200 Prison Road, Pershing County, Nevada, 89419 U.S.
| coordinates = {{coord|40|13|22|N|118|23|18|W|region:US-NV_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} 40.221123, -118.389614
| status = Operational every day
| classification = Minimum-Close
| capacity =
| population = 1,680
| populationdate =
| opened = August 1995
| closed =
| former_name =
| managed_by =
| director =
| governor =
| warden = Tim Garrett
| 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.{{cite web |title=Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) |url=http://doc.nv.gov/Facilities/LCC_Facility/ |work=Nevada Department of Corrections |accessdate=January 15, 2016 |archive-date=January 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123140852/http://doc.nv.gov/Facilities/LCC_Facility/ |url-status=live}}
History
Lovelock is 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 started in August 1995 with two 168-cell housing units. Each {{convert|80|ft2|adj=on}} 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. Its industrial plant, housed in two {{convert|20000|ft2|adj=on}} buildings, makes garments and mattresses.
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. He had been convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping the year before.
His sentence required him to serve a minimum of nine years before becoming eligible for parole. Parole was granted to him on July 20, 2017, in his first year of eligibility.{{cite web |author= |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20114132 |title=Parole board votes to release O.J. Simpson from prison in October |website=Espn.com |date=20 July 2017 |access-date=2020-09-08 |archive-date=2018-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004232720/http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20114132 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Arseniuk |first1=Melissa |last2=Ryan |first2=Cy |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/19/oj-tranferred-lovelock/ |title=O.J. transferred to Lovelock |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=December 19, 2008 |accessdate=2020-09-08 |archive-date=2017-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728171102/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/19/oj-tranferred-lovelock/ |url-status=live }} He was released on October 1, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/01/us/oj-simpson-released-from-prison/index.html|title=O.J. Simpson walks out of Nevada prison after 9 years|date=October 2017|access-date=2020-09-08|archive-date=2020-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924161805/https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/01/us/oj-simpson-released-from-prison/index.html|url-status=live}}
Notable inmates
Tony Ray Amati (inmate number 66673) is serving a life sentence with parole,{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-tony-ray-amati-1/90570916/ | title=Tony Ray Amati (1) | newspaper=Reno Gazette-Journal | date=10 December 1999 | page=51 }} having been convicted of murdering three people.{{cite web | url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/dec/09/thrill-killer-gets-40-years-in-prison/ | title=Thrill killer gets 40 years in prison | date=9 December 1999 }} Convicted murderers Darren Mack and Craig Titus are both housed at this facility.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|United States|Law}}
- [http://doc.nv.gov/Facilities/LCC_Facility/ Lovelock Correctional Center]
{{State prisons in Nevada}}
{{Pershing County, Nevada}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Pershing County, Nevada