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2. Museum of Colorado Prisons - Wikipedia

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   The Museum was established with a view to collect, preserve, conserve, exhibit, and interpret the historical heritage of the Colorado Prison System. The Museum was also opened to serve as an incentive for historical research, education, and scholarly writings on the subject. It was equally meant to be a means to deter criminal activity. [1]

3. List of museums in Colorado - Wikipedia

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   History Museum, Children's "Playzeum", community-curated exhibits and event space Museum of Colorado Prisons: Cañon City: Fremont: South Central: Prison: History of the Colorado Prison System, located in a former state women's prison Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: Denver: Denver: Denver Area: Art: Also known as MCA Denver Museum of Friends ...

4. Colorado State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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   It is one of 25 prisons in the Colorado Department of Corrections system, and one of seven in and around Cañon City. The oldest of the seven, originally built in 1871 and predating Colorado's statehood, was the original State Penitentiary. [citation needed] This was the site of Colorado's death row, and the 1929 prison riot.

5. Japanese American prison camp site in Colorado is now a ...

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   Life within the prison camp was difficult due to overcrowding, poor wages and lack of privacy. At its peak, the camp held 7,310 prisoners of Japanese descent, making it the 10th largest city in ...

6. Colorado Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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   It has its headquarters in the Springs Office Park in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, near Colorado Springs. [3] [4] [5] The Colorado Department of Corrections runs 20 state-run prisons and also has been affiliated with 7 for-profit prisons in Colorado, of which the state currently contracts with 3 for-profit prisons. [6]

7. Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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   CTCF is the oldest prison in the Colorado DOC system. It was built in 1871 as a territorial prison and became a state prison in 1876. The Colorado DOC system only has two infirmaries, one of which is located in CTCF. The other is located in the Denver Reception & Diagnostic Center (DRDC). [citation needed]

8. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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   In a news release announcing the groundbreaking for the prisons, Slattery called the new facilities “the future of American corrections.” Among the new Correctional Services Corp. prisons was the Pahokee Youth Development Center, which sat in the middle of sugarcane fields in a rural, swampy part of the state northwest of Miami.

9. Indianapolis to acquire former women's prison after property ...

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   The city of Indianapolis will own the former Indiana Women's Prison property by November. The city and the state of Indiana finalized an agreement for Indianapolis to take possession of the near ...