Colorado Department of Corrections | |
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Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Colorado, USA |
Map of Colorado Department of Corrections's jurisdiction | |
General nature | |
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Headquarters | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Agency executive |
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Website | |
https://www.colorado.gov/cdoc/ |
The Colorado Department of Corrections is the principal department of the Colorado state government[2] that operates the state prisons. It has its headquarters in the Springs Office Park in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, near Colorado Springs.[3][4][5] The Colorado Department of Corrections runs 20 state-run prisons and also has been affiliated with 7 for-profit prisons in Colorado, of which the state currently contracts with 3 for-profit prisons.[6]