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Fort Lyon Correctional Facility was a facility in Bent County, Colorado, housing transgender inmates and inmates with medical conditions requiring constant care. Fort Lyon was decommissioned in 2012 and its inmates were transferred to LaVista Correctional Facility.
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Year opened
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Closed 2012
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Colorado
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Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). Fort Lyon Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-lyon-correctional-facility
"Fort Lyon Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-lyon-correctional-facility.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Fort Lyon Correctional Facility},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-lyon-correctional-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}