Carson City Historical Society will host a lecture on the future of the Nevada State Prison called "The Once and Future Prison," on Thursday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. The guest speaker is Glen Whorton, past president of the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society. Whorton will talk about the history of the Nevada State Prison. It is not just the history of an old prison, it is the history of Nevada and the history of Carson City. This is a history that is exciting, scary, weird, sad, and funny. Whatever the story, it is engaging and interesting. The future of NSP will encompass tours, a museum, lectures, ghost hunts, movies, and most importantly, the preservation of this archaic lockup. The website for the NSPPS is http://nevadastateprison.org. Whorton has lived in Nevada since 1959. He was educated at schools in Sparks and the University of Nevada with an undergraduate degree in history. He is an Army combat veteran serving as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. After the Army he became a correctional officer trainee at the Nevada State Prison and worked in the state's prisons for 32 years with two breaks for graduate school at the University of South Carolina, and a short retirement. He has served from the prison's lowest rank to his final retirement as the director of corrections. After retirement he contracted as a parole hearing representative for the parole board and ombudsman for the Nevada Attorney's General Office. He is a past president of the Prison Preservation Society and is currently a board member focused on the prison's history and the society's newsletter. The lecture is free and open to the public. To sign up for the Zoom lecture, go to http://cchistorical.org/signup.htm, where there is a link to use to sign up. You will be asked to fill out a Google Form with name, email address, phone number, and other questions. If your request is accepted, we will send you a link to the Zoom session within about three days. If you need to make special arrangements, send an email to DCBugli@aol.com with "Whorton Prison Lecture" in the subject line or call David Bugli at 775-883-4154. After a hiatus of several years, the CCHS resumed a monthly lecture series in January 2021. Most lectures are presented on Zoom on the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Some past lectures are also available on the Carson City Historical Society's YouTube.com page. Additional information about the CCHS is available on its webpage, CCHistorical.org.
