Centennial Correctional Facility

{{Short description|Prison in Fremont County, Colorado}}

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{{Infobox Prison

| prison_name = Centennial Correctional Facility

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| location = Cañon City, Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|38|26|15|N|105|09|09|W|region:US-CO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| status = Open

| classification = Maximum

| capacity = 604

| opened = 1980

| closed =

| managed_by = Colorado Department of Corrections

| director =

}}

Centennial Correctional Facility (CCF) is a prison located in the East Canon complex{{cite web|title=East Canon Correctional Complex|url=http://wikimapia.org/6176071/East-Canon-Correctional-Complex|publisher=Wikimapia|accessdate=2012-11-25}} in Fremont County, just east of Cañon City, Colorado. CCF consists of two separate buildings, North and South.{{cite web |url=https://www.fremontco.com/colorados-correctional-capitol-fremont-county |title=Colorado's Correctional Capitol: Fremont County |author= |date=2023 |website=Fremont County, Colorado |publisher= |access-date=March 31, 2023}} The South facility, opened in 2011, is a Level V maximum security facility. All offenders in CCF South are in Administrative Segregation (AdSeg), also known as solitary confinement. CCF South is the counterpart of the Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP), also in the East Canon complex. The North facility is the original facility, and primarily houses Level IV maximum security offenders.

Notable inmates

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width=13%|Inmate Name

!width=10%|Register Number

!width=28%|Status

!width=35%|Details

style="text-align:center;"| Devon Michael Erickson

|style="text-align:center;"| 192238

| Serving two life sentences without parole.{{Cite web |title=CDOC Offender Search |url=https://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/ |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=www.doc.state.co.us}}

| One of 2 perpetrators of the 2019 STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting in which Erickson murdered student Kendrick Castillo after he tried to stop Devon.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Susan |title=Kendrick Castillo, hero killed in Colo. school shooting, told his dad he would act if confronted with a gunman |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/08/colorado-school-shooting-kendrick-castillo-student-dead-rampage/1140182001/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-05-10 |title=Suspected Colorado STEM shooter joked about school shootings, students say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspected-colorado-stem-shooter-was-bully-made-jokes-about-school-n1004181 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-06-15 |title=Jury Finds Devon Erickson Guilty Of Murder In STEM School Shooting Trial - CBS Colorado |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/guilty-devon-erickson-stem-school-shooting-castillo/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/17/1038339826/denver-colorado-school-shooting-life-sentence-devon-erickson | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210011149/https://www.npr.org/2021/09/17/1038339826/denver-colorado-school-shooting-life-sentence-devon-erickson | archive-date=2024-02-10 | title=A Colorado School Shooter is Sentenced to Life in Prison : NPR | website=NPR | date=18 September 2021 }}

style="text-align:center;"| Christopher Scarver

|style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| Serving three consecutive life sentences without parole.

| Serial killer who murdered three people, including Jeffrey Dahmer and Jesse Anderson

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