Cañon City, CO Colorado State Penitentiary View
In 1993, the Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP) was completed and was designated as a level V facility, housing inmates with a variety of custody levels: Medium, Restrictive Housing – Maximum Security, Close Custody Management Control Unit, Close Custody Transition, Temporary General Population Hold, and Incentive Pod. CSP construction occurred in two phases. Phase I was completed in 1993 with a capacity of 504 inmates. Phase II was completed in 1998 adding 252 beds to reach the current capacity of 756. inmates are housed in individual cells located in six separate housing units. Each housing unit consists of eight separate day halls containing either 15 or 16 cells in each day hall for a total of 126 cells in each housing unit. Each day hall also has two secure exercise rooms and two secure showers. In November of 2016 the administration and operation of CCF/CSP were separated into two different facilities with their own management teams. CSP uses the centralized warehouse, armory, range and visitor processing services provided on the East Canon City Prison Complex. The support services work force for CSP and are supplied by offender workers living in the Incentive Pod in D Unit at CSP..
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Family and friends can send money to inmates at Colorado State Penitentiary through approved methods to help them purchase essential items from the commissary.