Sterling Correctional Facility (SCF) is located in Sterling, Colorado, and is the largest prison in the Colorado Department of Corrections system.
Location | Sterling, Colorado |
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Coordinates | 40°36′41″N 103°09′44″W / 40.6115°N 103.1622°W |
Capacity | 2,585 |
Managed by | Colorado Department of Corrections |
State statute dictated that prisoners with death sentences were to be held at the administrative segregation facility at the Colorado State Penitentiary.[1] In 2011, the State of Colorado moved its death row prisoners to Sterling in order to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Nathan Dunlap, a death row prisoner. Dunlap had complained about the state's lack of outdoor exercise facilities at Colorado State Penitentiary.[2] The inmates returned to Colorado State Penitentiary in 2015 after the outdoor access issue was resolved.[3]
Notable Inmates
edit- Allen Andrade, first conviction for a hate crime involving a transgender victim
- Troy Graves, serial rapist and murderer
- Scott Lee Kimball, serial killer imprisoned at Sterling until 2017 escape attempt
- Marc Patrick O’Leary, serial rapist
- Peter Cichuniec, former police officer convicted in the Killing of Elijah McClain[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Death Row FAQ." (Archive) Colorado Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.
- ^ Mitchell, Kirk (July 28, 2011). "Colorado moves death-row inmates so they can exercise outdoors". Denver Post. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ "Death row inmates transferred from Sterling". Journal-Advocate. Denver Post. November 3, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ https://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/ [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/13/aurora-elijah-mcclain-peter-cichuniec-reduced-prison-sentence/ [bare URL]
External links
edit- Sterling Correctional Facility - Department of Corrections
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