List of Colorado state prisons
Encyclopedia
The Colorado Department of Corrections is a state agency of Colorado
that operates state prisons. It has its headquarters in the Springs Office Park in unincorporated
El Paso County
, Colorado
, near Colorado Springs
The death row and execution chamber are located at the Colorado State Penitentiary
.
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
that operates state prisons. It has its headquarters in the Springs Office Park in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
El Paso County
El Paso County, Colorado
El Paso County is the most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States, now more populous than Denver County. The United States Census Bureau concluded that the county population was 622,371 in 2010. In recent years, the population had come closer to that of Denver...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, near Colorado Springs
Facilities
- Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
- Arrowhead Correctional Center
- Bent County Correctional Facility (Private Prison)
- Buena Vista Correctional Facility
- Centennial Correctional Facility
- Colorado Correctional Center
- Colorado State PenitentiaryColorado State PenitentiaryColorado State Penitentiary also known as "CSP" is a maximum security prison and is one of 25 prisons in the Colorado Department of Corrections system. CSP is located in Cañon City, Colorado. CSP houses Colorado's most dangerous, most violent and the most disruptive prisoners...
- Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility
- Crowley County Correctional Facility (Private Prison)
- Delta Correctional Center
- Denver Reception & Diagnostic Center
- Denver Women's Correctional Facility
- Fort Lyon Correctional Facility
- Four Mile Correctional Center
- Fremont Correctional Facility
- Huerfano County Correctional Center (Private Prison)
- Kit Carson Correctional Center (Private Prison)
- LaVista Correctional Facility
- Limon Correctional FacilityLimon Correctional Facility, ColoradoThe Limon Correctional Facility is a Colorado state prison located in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States. Among prisoners it has a high concentration of Mexican and Salvadoran nationals. The U.S. Post Office at Limon serves the Limon Correctional Facility.-Geography:The Limon Correctional...
- Rifle Correctional Center
- San Carlos Correctional Facility
- Skyline Correctional Center
- Sterling Correctional Facility
- Trinidad Correctional Facility
- Youthful Offender System
Operations
All prisoners entering the Colorado DOC system first go to the Denver Reception & Diagnostic Center (DRDC) before going to their final assignments.The death row and execution chamber are located at the Colorado State Penitentiary
Colorado State Penitentiary
Colorado State Penitentiary also known as "CSP" is a maximum security prison and is one of 25 prisons in the Colorado Department of Corrections system. CSP is located in Cañon City, Colorado. CSP houses Colorado's most dangerous, most violent and the most disruptive prisoners...
.
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Colorado Department of Corrections, 14 officers have died in the line of duty.See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in Colorado
- List of United States state correction agencies
- List of U.S. state prisons
- PrisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...