Bent County Correctional Facility
American County Prison
38°03′58″N 103°12′04″W / 38.066°N 103.201°W / 38.066; -103.201The Bent County Correctional Facility is a private medium-security prison for men located in Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. The facility is owned and operated by CoreCivic under contract with the Colorado Department of Corrections and houses Colorado inmates. [1]
CoreCivic has run the facility since 1996, and it has an official capacity of 1466 inmates. It was Colorado's first private prison.[2]
Notable Inmates
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
---|---|---|---|
Scott Allen Ostrem | 182499 | Serving three life sentences without parole. | Perpetrator of the 2017 Thornton shooting in which he murdered three people at a Walmart.[3][4][5] |
References
- ^ "Bent County Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Handy, Ryan Maye (13 April 2012). "Prison on the plains is a city unto itself". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "3 dead after shooting at a Colorado Walmart, suspect arrested". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ Sheldon, Caitlin Kingsbury and Bobbi. "Police arrest suspect in deadly Colorado Walmart shooting". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ "Man who killed 3 in Walmart shooting gets life; motive still unclear". NBC News. 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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