The Kit Carson Correctional Center was a privately owned, medium-security state prison for men located in

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Kit Carson County, Colorado Kit Carson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,087. The county seat is Burlington. The county was established in 1889 and named for American frontiersman and Indian fighter ...

, owned and operated by the

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. 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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