Southern Desert Correctional Center

Southern Desert Correctional Center
Location	20825 Cold Creek Road Indian Springs, Nevada
Status	open
Security class	medium
Capacity	2149
Opened	1982
Managed by	Nevada Department of Corrections

The Southern Desert Correctional Center (SDCC) is a state prison for men located in Indian Springs, Clark County, Nevada, owned and operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections.^[1] The maximum capacity is 2149 inmates, at a security level of "mostly medium".

This facility should not be confused with the Southern Nevada Correctional Center, another state facility in Clark County that closed in 2008, and the Nevada Southern Detention Center, a private prison run by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the United States Marshals Service.

References

↑ "Southern Desert Correctional Center". Nevada Department of Corrections. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

Nevada Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Ely State Prison High Desert State Prison Lovelock Correctional Center Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center Northern Nevada Correctional Center and Stewart Conservation Camp Northern Nevada Restitution Center Southern Desert Correctional Center Warm Springs Correctional Center

Closed	Nevada State Prison (closed 2012) Southern Nevada Correctional Center (closed 2008)

Even though Nevada State Prison is closed, it continues to house the state execution chamber.

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