Sterling Correctional Facility (SCF) is located in Sterling, Colorado and is the largest prison in the

Colorado Department of Corrections The Colorado Department of Corrections is the principal department of the Colorado state government that operates the state prisons. It has its headquarters in the Springs Office Park in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, near Colorado Sp ...

system. State statute dictated that prisoners with death sentences were to be held at the administrative segregation facility at the

Colorado State Penitentiary Colorado State Penitentiary (commonly abbreviated CSP) is a Level V maximum security prison in the U.S. state of Colorado. The facility is part of the state's East Cañon Complex, together with six other state correctional facilities of various ...

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Colorado Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. In 2011, the State of Colorado moved its death row prisoners to Sterling in order to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Nathan Dunlap, a death row prisoner. Dunlap had complained about the state's lack of outdoor exercise facilities at Colorado State Penitentiary. The inmates returned to Colorado State Penitentiary in 2015 after the outdoor access issue was resolved.

Notable Inmates

* Allen Andrade, first conviction for a hate crime involving a transgender victim *

Troy Graves Troy Graves (born May 4, 1972) is an American serial rapist and murderer of Shannon Schieber. He committed a series of rapes in Philadelphia between 1997 and 1999, where he was known as the " Center City rapist". He also committed rapes in Fort C ...

, serial rapist and murderer *

Scott Lee Kimball Scott Lee Kimball (born September 21, 1966) is a convicted serial killer, con man and fraudster from Boulder County, Colorado, who murdered at least four people over a two-year period; investigators strongly suspect him in as many as 21 other un ...

, serial killer imprisoned at Sterling until 2017 escape attempt * Marc Patrick O’Leary, serial rapist

References

External links

Sterling Correctional Facility - Department of CorrectionsUS Engineering
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