Bent County Correctional Facility

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Bent County Correctional Facility
Bent County Correctional Facility
Location11560 Road FF.75
Las Animas, Colorado
Coordinates 38°03′58″N103°12′04″W / 38.066°N 103.201°W / 38.066; -103.201
Statusmedium
Capacity1466
Opened1996
Managed by CoreCivic

The Bent County Correctional Facility is a private medium-security prison for men located in Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. The facility is owned and operated by CoreCivic under contract with the Colorado Department of Corrections and houses Colorado inmates. [1]

CoreCivic has run the facility since 1996, and it has an official capacity of 1466 inmates. It was Colorado's first private prison. [2]

Notable Inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Scott Allen Ostrem182499Serving three life sentences without parole.Perpetrator of the 2017 Thornton shooting in which he murdered three people at a Walmart. [3] [4] [5]

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References

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  2. Handy, Ryan Maye (13 April 2012). "Prison on the plains is a city unto itself". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "3 dead after shooting at a Colorado Walmart, suspect arrested". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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