Sterling Correctional Facility

Sterling Correctional Facility
Location	Sterling, Colorado
Coordinates	40°36′41″N 103°09′44″W / 40.6115°N 103.1622°W
Capacity	2,585
Managed by	Colorado Department of Corrections

Sterling Correctional Facility (SCF) is located in Sterling, Colorado, and is the largest prison in the Colorado Department of Corrections system.

State statute dictated that prisoners with death sentences were to be held at the administrative segregation facility at the Colorado State Penitentiary.^[1] In 2011, the State of Colorado moved its death row prisoners to Sterling to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Nathan Dunlap, a death row inmate. Dunlap had complained about the state's lack of outdoor exercise facilities at Colorado State Penitentiary.^[2] The inmates returned to Colorado State Penitentiary in 2015 after the outdoor access issue was resolved.^[3]

Notable Inmates

Allen Andrade, first conviction for a hate crime involving a transgender victim
Troy Graves, serial rapist and murderer
Scott Lee Kimball, serial killer imprisoned at Sterling until 2017 escape attempt
Marc Patrick O’Leary, serial rapist
Peter Cichuniec, former police officer convicted in the Killing of Elijah McClain^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Death Row FAQ." (Archive) Colorado Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.
^ Mitchell, Kirk (July 28, 2011). "Colorado moves death-row inmates so they can exercise outdoors". Denver Post. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
^ "Death row inmates transferred from Sterling". Journal-Advocate. Denver Post. November 3, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
^ https://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/ ^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/13/aurora-elijah-mcclain-peter-cichuniec-reduced-prison-sentence/ ^{[bare URL]}

External links

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[ColoradoDRold-1] "Death Row FAQ." (Archive) Colorado Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.

[Mitchell-2] Mitchell, Kirk (July 28, 2011). "Colorado moves death-row inmates so they can exercise outdoors". Denver Post. Retrieved April 19, 2012.

[3] "Death row inmates transferred from Sterling". Journal-Advocate. Denver Post. November 3, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2020.

[4] ttps://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/ ^{[bare URL]}

[5] ttps://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/13/aurora-elijah-mcclain-peter-cichuniec-reduced-prison-sentence/ ^{[bare URL]}

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