United States · Colorado · Canon City
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Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Fremont County, Colorado. Rated capacity: 953. Reported population: 920. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility (CTCF), colloquially known simply as "Territorial" and formerly known as the Colorado State Prison, is a medium security prison in Cañon City, Colorado. CTCF is the oldest prison in the Colorado DOC system. It was built in 1871 as a territorial prison and became a state prison in 1876. The Colorado DOC system only has two infirmaries, one of which is located in CTCF. The other is located in the Denver Reception & Diagnostic Center (DRDC). From the 1890s until 1993, the Colorado death row and execution chamber was located at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, but the last execution to take place there was in 1967.
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Capacity
953
Current population
920
Occupancy
97%
Year opened
1871
Closed 2009
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Population held
Mixed
Opened
1871
Region
Colorado
Security level
Close
Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/colorado-territorial-correctional-facility
"Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/colorado-territorial-correctional-facility.
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