Located on Highway 50 in Canon City, CTCF today houses 666 medium security inmates as well as 120 transition to other facilities with 252 FTE staff. Also located at CTCF is a 32-bed infirmary which services all Canon City area facilities and a variety of the DOC’s business offices, including payroll, purchasing, time and release operation, and business technologies/communications. CTCF merged with its sister facility Colorado Women’s Correctional Facility (CWCF) in 2003, which resulted in joint utilization of staffing resources.
The mission of Territorial Correctional Facility is to protect the safety and security of the general public, staff, and offenders within the standards of Levels III, IV, and V security status by meeting and maintaining the highest correctional standards possible.
Visiting Hours: Friday 8:30 - 4:00, Saturday 9:30-4:00, Sunday 9:3
Visiting this Facility:
Make sure that you review the DOC Visiting Rules.
Before Visiting Before you can visit an offender housed in a DOC facility you must fill out a Visiting Application.
Programs include a variety of academic and vocational offerings including ABE, GED studies, health and transitions education, social sciences, vocational janitorial, basic computer application, and culinary arts programs. The facility also houses the state's Tag and Tab Plants which produce the various license plates as well as license plate tabs.
Treatment programs include drug and alcohol counseling, sex offender treatment, life management, stress and anger management, and groups for developmentally disabled.
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility (CTCF) is the department’s oldest facility, originally constructed in 1871 as a territorial prison and became a state prison in 1876. The original building was located in the middle of a twenty-five acre site donated by local settler Jonathan Draper. It was constructed of native stone which was quarried on-site. The facility has undergone many changes over the last 136 years. In 1968, the Receiving/Diagnostic Unit and business offices were added to existing buildings.
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