Bent County Correctional Facility
American County Prison
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The Bent County Correctional Facility is a private medium-security prison for men located in Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. The facility is owned and operated by CoreCivic under contract with the Colorado Department of Corrections and houses Colorado inmates.[1]
 Interactive map of Bent County Correctional Facility | |
| Location |
|
|---|---|
| Status | medium |
| Capacity | 1466 |
| Opened | 1996 |
| Managed by | CoreCivic |
CoreCivic has run the facility since 1996, and it has an official capacity of 1466 inmates. It was Colorado's first private prison.[2]
Notable Inmates
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Allen Ostrem | 182499 | Serving three life sentences without parole. | Perpetrator of the 2017 Thornton shooting in which he murdered three people at a Walmart.[3][4][5] |