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The Buena Vista Correctional Facility, also known as Buena Vista Correctional Complex, is a state prison for men located in Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The facility opened as an adult prison in 1978, and houses 871 inmates at medium and close security levels, along with ...
Buena Vista Correctional Facility (826 inmate capacity) (Buena Vista) Centennial Correctional Facility (604 inmate capacity) (Cañon City) (Maximum security/mental health facility) Colorado Correctional Center (Camp George West) (150 inmate capacity) Colorado State Penitentiary (756 inmate capacity) (Cañon City) (Maximum Security facility)
The Buena Vista, Colorado, post office opened on September 18, 1879. [9] By 1880, the county seat had moved from Granite to Buena Vista, but by 1928 Salida had a larger population so the county seat was moved once again. By 1894, Buena Vista had electricity, telephone service, street lights, parks, cemeteries, and schools. [8]
Central Colorado Regional Airport (ICAO: KAEJ, FAA LID: AEJ) is a public-use airport located 2 mi (3.2 km) south of Buena Vista, Colorado, United States. [1]Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA, ICAO and IATA, Central Colorado Regional Airport is assigned AEJ by the FAA and KAEJ by the ICAO but has no designation from the IATA.
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.
The Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility is a state prison for men located in Ordway, Crowley County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The facility opened in 1987 and houses a maximum of 1007 inmates at minimum, medium and high security levels. [1]
Fremont Correctional Facility (FCF) is a state prison located in the East Canon prison complex in Fremont County, just east of Canon City, Colorado. FCF offers treatment programs for special inmate populations such as sex offenders and drug abusers. Approximately 85% of the inmates housed at FCF have been convicted of sexual offenses.
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 parole eligibility date and in most cases have attended numerous ...