Status open Phone +1 719-395-2404 | Security class mixed Capacity 1,259 | |
Location 15125 US-24Buena Vista, Colorado Opened 1892 (as Colorado State Reformatory); 1978 (as adult prison) Similar Buena Vista Correctio, Chamber of Commerce, Best Western Vista Inn, Correctio Industries Ranch |
Buena vista correctional facility
The Buena Vista Correctional Facility is a state prison for men located in Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The facility opened as an adult prison in 1978, and houses 871 inmates at medium and close security levels, along with the 288-inmate Buena Vista Minimum Center, and another 100 minimum security inmates within the Colorado Correctional Alternative Program ("Boot Camp").
The site was first founded in 1892 as the Colorado State Reformatory for juvenile offenders, making it the second oldest prison in the state, after the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility.
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