The Limon Correctional Facility is a Level IV, mixed-custody Colorado state prison for men, located in Limon, Lincoln County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections.
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| Location | 49030 CO-71 Limon, Colorado |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | mixed, including maximum |
| Capacity | 960 |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Managed by | Colorado Department of Corrections |
History
editThe facility opened in 1991 and houses a stated maximum of 960 prisoners.[1]
Prisoner life
editEducation
editIn 2019, a campus of the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary was established in the prison. [2]
Incidents
editLimon houses some of the state's most dangerous inmates.
- In 2001, 42-year-old inmate David Alonzo slipped and fell in his cell and died three days later from an infected arm injury.[3]
- In October 2002, inmate Edward Montour Jr. beat correctional officer Eric Autobee to death in the facility's kitchen.[4]
- On March 28, 2004, inmate Jeffrey Heird was stabbed to death multiple times by other inmates, two of whom were charged with the death penalty for the attack.[5]
- On September 12, 2007, an inmate cut the throat of corrections officer Pam Kahanic with a box cutter knife. Kahanic survived the attack and was back at work within six weeks.[6]
- Inmate Joshua Edwards died of undisclosed causes in early June 2015;[7] only at the end of August did autopsy results show that Edwards had been stabbed in the neck and strangled to death. [8]
Notable inmates
edit- Robert Charles Browne - serving two life sentences for the murders of two teenage girls in Colorado Springs, Colorado, committed in 1987 and 1991, respectively.[9]
- Freddie Glenn - Murdered actor Kelsey Grammer's sister, Karen. Transferred to Colorado State Penitentiary.
- Michael David Whyte - Former Fort Carson army vet who tortured and murdered fellow vet Darlene Krashoc in 1987.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Victim Handbook / guide to services" (PDF). Colorado Department of Corrections. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ D. L. Jones, The Need for Changing Prison Culture, mabts.edu, USA, Jul 6, 2022
- ^ Pendergrast, Kurt (19 December 2002). "Death on the Installment Plan". Denver Westword. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Eric Autobee Officer Down Biography". Officer Down Memorial Page. n.d. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "DA seeks death penalty for inmates in Limon prison stabbing death". Summit (County) Press. Associated Press. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Kirk (20 Dec 2008). "Officer Kahanic Returns to Prison After Attack". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Kirk (6 June 2015). "Colorado agents investigate inmate's death at Limon high security prison". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Kirk (27 August 2015). "Limon inmate stabbed in neck, strangled to death, autopsy finds". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "CDOC Offender Search". www.doc.state.co.us. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Army vet sentenced to life in brutal 1987 torture-murder of female Fort Carson soldier". 18 August 2022.