Fremont Correctional Facility

Fremont Correctional Facility
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LocationE US Highway 50 Evans Blvd
Cañon City, Colorado
Statusopen
Security classclose, medium, minimum
Capacity1661
Opened1962
Managed byColorado Department of Corrections

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. FCF is one of the few state prisons in Colorado to offer a sex offender treatment program.

Other prisons in the East Cañon Complex include the Arrowhead Correctional Center, the Centennial Correctional Facility, Four Mile Correctional Center, the Colorado State Penitentiary, and Skyline Correctional Center, all nearby in unincorporated Fremont County.[1]

Notable inmates

  • Lester Ralph Jones – Sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the kidnapping and murder of Paige Birgfeld.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rosa, Erin (26 May 2008). "Fremont County: Home to 7,955 inmates and counting". Colorado Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ Ashby, Charles (June 3, 2022). "Appeals court vacates part of Jones' conviction". The Daily Sentinel.

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