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E US Highway 50 Evans Blvd, Cañon City, Colorado, U.S. Capacity. 756. Opened. 1993. Managed by. Colorado Department of Corrections. Colorado State Penitentiary (commonly abbreviated CSP) is a Level V maximum security prison in the U.S. state of Colorado. The facility is part of the state's East Cañon Complex, together with six other state ...
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility (CTCF), colloquially known simply as "Territorial," is a medium security prison in Cañon City, Colorado. 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.
38°26′22″N 105°14′50″W / . 38.4394°N 105.2473°W. / 38.4394; -105.2473. Type. Prison museum. Website. prisonmuseum.org. The Museum of Colorado Prisons is located off U.S. Highway 50 in Cañon City, Colorado. It is housed in a former state women's prison and is directly east of the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility ...
The movie Canon City (1948) depicts the real-life 1947 escape of 12 prisoners from nearby Colorado State Penitentiary. [36] A diner in Cañon City is the setting of the song "Navajo Rug", which was named by the Western Writers of America as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. [37]
Roy Phelix Best [1] (March 2, 1900 – May 27, 1954) [2] was an American prison warden, film actor, and political candidate for Governor of Colorado. He is known for his wardenship of the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, an infamous prison in Cañon City, Colorado, [a] and for playing himself in Canon City, a 1948 film noir crime film .
www .fremontco .com. Fremont County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,939. [ 1] The county seat is Cañon City. [ 2] The county is named for 19th-century explorer and presidential candidate John C. Frémont . Fremont County comprises the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area ...
Closed. 2021. Managed by. Colorado Department of Corrections. The Skyline Correctional Center (also SCC) is a Level 1 minimum security prison facility at Cañon City in the state of Colorado. The Prison was opened in 1957 with 60 beds and houses (as for May 19, 2014) 126 male offenders. Inmates assigned to SCC are within 60 months of their ...
604. Opened. 1980. Managed by. Colorado Department of Corrections. Centennial Correctional Facility (CCF) is a prison located in the East Canon complex [1] in Fremont County, just east of Cañon City, Colorado. CCF consists of two separate buildings, North and South. [2] The South facility, opened in 2011, is a Level V maximum security facility.