This is a list of state prisons in Colorado. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Colorado.
State-Run Prisons
Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility (Ordway, Colorado)
Arrowhead Correctional Center (494 inmate capacity) (Cañon City, Colorado)
Buena Vista Correctional Facility (Buena Vista, Colorado)
Centennial Correctional Facility (Cañon City, Colorado)
Colorado Correctional Center (Camp George West) (150 inmate capacity) (Golden, Colorado)
Colorado State Penitentiary (Cañon City, Colorado)
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility (Cañon City, Colorado)
Delta Correctional Center (480 inmate capacity) (Delta, Colorado)
Denver Reception & Diagnostic Center (542 inmate capacity) (Denver, Colorado)
Denver Women’s Correctional Facility (900 inmate capacity) (Denver, Colorado)
Four Mile Correctional Center (499 inmate capacity) (Cañon City, Colorado)
Fremont Correctional Facility (Cañon City, Colorado)
LaVista Correctional Facility (Pueblo, Colorado)
Limon Correctional Facility (Limon, Colorado)
Rifle Correctional Center (192 inmate capacity) (Rifle, Colorado)
San Carlos Correctional Facility (Pueblo, Colorado)
Skyline Correctional Center (249 inmate capacity) (Cañon City, Colorado)
Sterling Correctional Facility (Sterling, Colorado)
Trinidad Correctional Facility (500 inmate capacity) (Trinidad, Colorado)
Youthful Offender System (Pueblo, Colorado)
For-profit Prisons
Bent County Correctional Facility (Las Animas, Colorado). Owned by CoreCivic.
Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Crowley County Correctional Facility (Olney Springs, Colorado). Owned by CoreCivic.
Southern Peaks (Cañon City, Colorado) Youth prison owned by GEO Group.
Closed Prisons
Fort Lyon Correctional Facility (closed 2012) (Bent County, Colorado)
High Plains Correctional Facility (Brush, Colorado) (closed since 2010) (Last owned and operated by GEO Group)
Hudson Correctional Facility (Hudson, Colorado) (closed since 2013) Owned by GEO Group.
Huerfano County Correctional Facility (Walsenburg, Colorado). Closed since 2010. Owned by CoreCivic.
Kit Carson Correctional Center (Burlington, Colorado) (Private Prison; closed since 2016) Owned by CoreCivic.