Limon Correctional Facility

Limon Correctional Facility

Location	49030 CO-71 Limon, Colorado
Status	open
Security class	mixed, including maximum
Capacity	960
Opened	1991
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.

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.

• In 2001, 42-year-old inmate David Alonzo slipped and fell in his cell and died three days later from an infected arm injury. ^[3]
• In October 2002, inmate Edward Montour Jr. beat correctional officer Eric Autobee to death in the facility's kitchen. ^[4]
• On March 28, 2004, inmate Jeffrey Heird was stabbed to death multiple times by other inmates, two of whom were charged with the death penalty for the attack. ^[5]
• On September 12, 2007, an inmate cut the throat of corrections officer Pam Kahanic with a box cutter knife. Kahanic survived the attack and was back at work within six weeks. ^[6]
• Inmate Joshua Edwards died of undisclosed causes in early June 2015; ^[7] only at the end of August did autopsy results show that Edwards had been stabbed in the neck and strangled to death. ^[8]

Notable inmates

• Robert Charles Browne - serving two life sentences for the murders of two teenage girls in Colorado Springs, Colorado, committed in 1987 and 1991, respectively. ^[9]
• Freddie Glenn - Murdered actor Kelsey Grammer's sister, Karen. Transferred to Colorado State Penitentiary.
• Michael David Whyte - Former Fort Carson army vet who tortured and murdered fellow vet Darlene Krashoc in 1987. ^[10]

References

1. "Victim Handbook / guide to services" (PDF). Colorado Department of Corrections. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
2. D. L. Jones, The Need for Changing Prison Culture, mabts.edu, USA, Jul 6, 2022
3. Pendergrast, Kurt (19 December 2002). "Death on the Installment Plan". Denver Westword. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
4. "Eric Autobee Officer Down Biography". Officer Down Memorial Page. n.d. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
5. "DA seeks death penalty for inmates in Limon prison stabbing death". Summit (County) Press. Associated Press. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
6. Mitchell, Kirk (20 Dec 2008). "Officer Kahanic Returns to Prison After Attack". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
7. Mitchell, Kirk (6 June 2015). "Colorado agents investigate inmate's death at Limon high security prison". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
8. Mitchell, Kirk (27 August 2015). "Limon inmate stabbed in neck, strangled to death, autopsy finds". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
9. "CDOC Offender Search". www.doc.state.co.us. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
10. "Army vet sentenced to life in brutal 1987 torture-murder of female Fort Carson soldier". 18 August 2022.

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