5-535: The Crowley County Correctional Facility is a medium-security, privately owned and operated state prison for men located in Olney Springs , Crowley County, Colorado . CoreCivic runs it under contract with the Colorado Department of Corrections . The facility was constructed by Dominion Correctional Services of Oklahoma, and opened in 1998. It was first operated by Correctional Services Corporation . After
10-546: A riot in 1999, Dominion assumed direct operations itself. It was purchased by Corrections Corporation of America in 2002 and subsequently expanded. It houses 1,894 Colorado state inmates in medium security. In 2004 the facility housed both Colorado inmates and out-of-state inmates, under contracts with the Wyoming Department of Corrections and the Washington State Department of Corrections . The causes of
15-606: A six-hour riot on July 20, 2004 were attributed partly to understaffing (only 47 employees on duty to supervise more than 1100 prisoners) and partly to the treatment of the Washington prisoners. A class-action suit was filed on behalf of 200 prisoners who had not joined in the riot, but who had been mistreated afterward. The suit resulted in a $ 600,000 settlement in 2013. 38°09′43″N 103°57′31″W / 38.162052°N 103.958581°W / 38.162052; -103.958581 Olney Springs, Colorado Olney Springs
20-583: Is a Statutory Town in Crowley County , Colorado , United States. The population was 315 at the 2020 census . A post office called Olney Springs has been in operation since 1909. The town was named after one Mr. Olney, a railroad official. Olney Springs is located in southwestern Crowley County at 38°9′57″N 103°56′45″W / 38.16583°N 103.94583°W / 38.16583; -103.94583 (38.165844, -103.945723). Colorado State Highway 96 leads east 11 miles (18 km) to Ordway ,
25-617: The county seat, and west 38 miles (61 km) to Pueblo . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ), all of it land. Slightly west of the town is the Crowley County Correctional Facility, owned by the Corrections Corporation of America . It has 1,794 prisoners from various states. Built as a speculative venture in 1998, it had
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