Limon Correctional Facility, Colorado

Limon Correctional Facility

Location	49030 CO-71 Limon, Colorado
Status	open
Security class	mixed, including maximum
Capacity	960
Opened	1991
Managed by	Colorado Department of Corrections

The Limon Correctional Facility is a Level IV, mixed-custody Colorado state prison for men, located in Limon, Lincoln County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The facility opened in 1991, and houses a stated maximum of 960 prisoners.^[1]

Incidents

Limon houses some of the state's most dangerous inmates.

• In 2001 42-year-old inmate David Alonzo slipped and fell in his cell, and was dead three days later from an infected arm injury.^[2]
• In October 2002, inmate Edward Montour Jr. beat correctional officer Eric Autobee to death in the facility's kitchen.^[3]
• On March 28, 2004, inmate Jeffrey Heird was stabbed to death multiple times by other inmates, two of whom were charged with the death penalty for the attack.^[4]
• On September 12, 2007, an inmate cut the throat of corrections officer Pam Kahanic with a box cutter knife. Kahanic survived the attack and was back at work within six weeks.^[5]
• Inmate Joshua Edwards died of undisclosed causes in early June 2015;^[6] only at the end of August did autopsy results show that Edwards had been stabbed in the neck and strangled to death. ^[7]

References

1. "Victim Handbook / guide to services" (PDF). Colorado Department of Corrections. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
2. Pendergrast, Kurt (19 December 2002). "Death on the Installment Plan". Denver Westword. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
3. Perez, Gayle (6 March 2014). "Bob Autobee relieved son's killer won't face death penalty". Pueblo Chieftain. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
4. "DA seeks death penalty for inmates in Limon prison stabbing death". Summit (County) Press. Associated Press. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
5. Mitchell, Kirk (20 Dec 2008). "Officer Kahanic Returns to Prison After Attack". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
6. Mitchell, Kirk (6 June 2015). "Colorado agents investigate inmate's death at Limon high security prison". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
7. Mitchell, Kirk (27 August 2015). "Limon inmate stabbed in neck, strangled to death, autopsy finds". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

Coordinates: 39°13′05″N 103°41′31″W / 39.217925°N 103.691990°W