United States · Colorado · Las Animas
Bent County Correctional Facility
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Bent County Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Bent County, Colorado. Rated capacity: 1,420. Reported population: 1,416. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
1,420
Current population
1,416
Occupancy
100%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Colorado
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
The facility utilized bleach water to spray showers during the coronavirus pandemic, with inmates tasked to wipe down surfaces as part of a cleaning team.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
Families expressed fear regarding the spread of coronavirus, noting that potentially toxic materials like bleach were being distributed to inmates for cleaning duties.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project26 Mar 2020
the first time in years — normally such potentially toxic materials are not distributed. “He's part of the shower washing team,” wrote Cheryl Floyd, whose son is incarcerated at Bent County Correctional Facility in Colorado. “The facility has been spraying the showers with bleach water and my son and another inmate wipe the surfaces down.” Imagining the havoc the coronavirus could wreak on their
Data completeness
84%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Bent County Correctional Facility. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bent-county-correctional-facility
"Bent County Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bent-county-correctional-facility.
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