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Southern Desert Correctional Center

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Background

Southern Desert Correctional Center (SDCC) is a state prison for men located in unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, with an Indian Springs post office address, owned and operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections. The capacity is 2149 inmates. Most are medium security. This facility should not be confused with the Southern Nevada Correctional Center, a state facility at Jean that closed in 2008, or the Nevada Southern Detention Center, a private prison at Pahrump run by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the United States Marshals Service.

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1982

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Nevada Department of Corrections

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1982

Region

NV

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

20825 Cold Creek Road, Indian Springs 89070

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Data completeness

38%

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