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Prison official: Simpson won’t get special treatment

By Cy Ryan (contact)

Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 | 4:43 p.m.

Simpson Sentencing

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O.J. Simpson will be treated like any other inmate in the state prison system, said Howard Skolnik, director of the Nevada Department of Corrections.

The former football star and actor, who was sentenced to at least nine years in prison today, will first undergo three weeks of classification at the High Desert State Prison in Southern Nevada before being transferred to the prison where he will serve his sentence.

Skolnik said the prison that will house Simpson long term won't be disclosed until Nevada's most famous inmate arrives.

Suzanne Pardee, public information officer for the Department of Corrections, said that like every other inmate, Simpson will be examined for health needs, undergo psychiatric examinations and have his criminal record examined.

Officials will also determine if he has enemies or gang affiliations.

Pardee said Simpson will be placed in a single cell.

“We do due diligence to protect him as we do other inmates,” said Pardee.

But Simpson “will receive no special treatment that glorifies him."

Discussion: 4 comments so far…

  1. By jrichard
    12/5/08 at 5:51 p.m.
    Suggest removal

    he should not get any special treatment, he should be put in with the rest of the RATS who are like him. If he goes to the Ely state pen, i heard this is a rough place,i hope he goes there.

  2. By WilliamClarke
    12/6/08 at 12:06 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    He will be going to Ely fir a year or two. That's right Howard. On the other hand you can send him to the Old Convict Unit up in Carson City.

  3. By WilliamClarke
    12/6/08 at 7:20 p.m.
    Suggest removal

    This is a open letter to the Nevada Attorney General.

    It appears that state worker have been using computers to commit terrorism on it's own citizens. It is a federal crime to "hack into a website." I'm asking the your office check into the IP numbers.

    The owners of the site have a new site and it is called:

    http://www.nevadacorruptions.com

    These are the IP numbers of the state offices who may be the people who shut down a website being run by the citizens of the State of Nevada.

    These IP numbers are tax paid state and city computers. Some of these were said to be inactive after some checking but were active when they hacked into the Nevada Corruptions website that is no longer on the net.

    167.154.33.125
    167.154.52.143
    167.154.52.77
    167.154.51.66
    167.154.129
    167.154.34.288

  4. By LT2LV
    12/7/08 at 1:12 p.m.
    Suggest removal

    Let him live with the rest of the prison population. I'm sure they'll take really good care of him.

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