Federal Correctional Complex, Florence

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Status Operational Opened 1994		Population 1,500
Location Fremont County, near Florence, Colorado Security class Supermax, high, medium and minimum-security Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Complex, Florence (FCC Florence) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Colorado. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice, and consists of four facilities:

Federal Prison Camp, Florence (FPC Florence): a minimum-security facility.

Federal Correctional Institution, Florence (FCI Florence): a medium-security facility.

United States Penitentiary, Florence High (USP Florence High): a high-security facility.

United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX (USP Florence ADX): a supermax facility which holds the most dangerous inmates in the federal prison system with an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security inmates.

FCC Florence is located approximately 100 miles south of Denver, Colorado.

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Federal Correctional Complex, Florence Wikipedia

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