Limon Correctional Facility

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Limon Correctional Facility
Limon Correctional Facility
Location49030 CO-71
Limon, Colorado
Statusopen
Security classmixed, including maximum
Capacity960
Opened1991
Managed by Colorado Department of Corrections

The Limon Correctional Facility is a Level IV, mixed-custody Colorado state prison for men, located in Limon, Lincoln County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Contents

History

The facility opened in 1991 and houses a stated maximum of 960 prisoners. [1]

Prisoner life

Education

In 2019, a campus of the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary was established in the prison. [2]

Incidents

Limon houses some of the state's most dangerous inmates.

Notable inmates

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