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CO State Prison To Open In Sept.
By chieftain.com
Published: 07/13/2010

CANON CITY — A portion of a new administrative-maximum security prison will open Sept. 1, providing much-needed deluxe security beds for the state's most-dangerous prisoners.

Workers are finishing up construction of the $162 million Colorado State Penitentiary II. At the same time, new staff who will be working there are undergoing training at the Colorado Department of Corrections Training Academy here.

"There will be a total of 229 employees working in one tower which will house 316 inmates. Some staff will be transferred from other prisons and some are new," said Katherine Sanguinetti, DOC spokeswoman.

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