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O.J. Simpson was transferred Monday from Clark County jail to a Nevada state prison to begin serving nine to 33 years for robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint.
Simpson, 61, arrived at High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs, an all-male medium security prison, about 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Department of Corrections spokeswoman Suzanne Pardee told the Associated Press. The facility has 3,000 beds and serves as the intake center for all new southern Nevada prison inmates.
Simpson trial co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart, who received 7 1/2 to 27 years at Friday's sentencing on 10 charges, remained Monday at the Clark County Detention Center, jail records showed.
A Clark County District Court jury found the two men guilty Oct. 3 of 2 charges, including kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and conspiracy in the Sept. 13, 2007, confrontation. The judge dismissed two felony coercion charges at sentencing.
State prisons chief Howard Skolnik has said Simpson and Stewart would spend their first 21 days in prison undergoing inmate intake evaluations before they are assigned to a prison to serve their sentences.
For those three weeks, the daily routine is mostly boredom, Skolnik said. Inmates are allowed five hours a day outside their cells, and no mail or parcel deliveries. Only their lawyers may visit.
