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Kit Carson Correctional Center
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Background
The Kit Carson Correctional Center was a privately owned, medium-security state prison for men located in Burlington, Kit Carson County, Colorado, owned and operated by the CoreCivic. The facility housed a maximum capacity of 1488 inmates. As of April 2016, the facility, with only 580 inmates and a declining population, became the subject of state budget negotiations. In June 2016 the state announced that it would not extend its contract for this facility past the end of July, effectively closing the prison with the loss of 142 local jobs.
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Capacity
1,488
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1998
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
CoreCivicPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1998
Region
CO
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
49777 County Road V, Burlington 80807
Conditions Risk Score
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersCapacity (beds)this: 1488 · peers avg: 547 (+172%)
Data completeness
40%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q28446572)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Kit Carson Correctional Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kit-carson-correctional-center
Chicago
"Kit Carson Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kit-carson-correctional-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-kit-carson-correctional-cen,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Kit Carson Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kit-carson-correctional-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}