Limon Correctional Facility Explained

Prison Name:	Limon Correctional Facility
Location:	49030 CO-71 Limon, Colorado
Status:	open
Classification:	mixed, including maximum
Capacity:	960
Opened:	1991

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.

History

The facility opened in 1991 and houses a stated maximum of 960 prisoners.^[1]

Prisoner life

Education

In 2019, a campus of the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary was established in the prison. ^[2]

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 died three days later from an infected arm injury.^[3]
• In October 2002, inmate Edward Montour Jr. beat correctional officer Eric Autobee to death in the facility's kitchen.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• Inmate Joshua Edwards died of undisclosed causes in early June 2015;^[7] only at the end of August did autopsy results show that Edwards had been stabbed in the neck and strangled to death. ^[8]

Notable inmates

• Robert Charles Browne - serving two life sentences for the murders of two teenage girls in Colorado Springs, Colorado, committed in 1987 and 1991, respectively.^[9]
• Freddie Glenn - Murdered actor Kelsey Grammer's sister, Karen. Transferred to Colorado State Penitentiary.
• Michael David Whyte - Former Fort Carson army vet who tortured and murdered fellow vet Darlene Krashoc in 1987.^[10]

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Victim Handbook / guide to services. Colorado Department of Corrections. 21 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160705104358/http://www.doc.state.co.us/sites/default/files/Victim%20Handbook%20July%202011_1.pdf. 5 July 2016. dead.
2. D. L. Jones, The Need for Changing Prison Culture, mabts.edu, USA, Jul 6, 2022
3. News: Pendergrast. Kurt. Death on the Installment Plan. 21 August 2016. Denver Westword. 19 December 2002.
4. News: Eric Autobee Officer Down Biography. 8 March 2018. Officer Down Memorial Page. n.d..
5. News: DA seeks death penalty for inmates in Limon prison stabbing death. 21 August 2016. Associated Press. Summit (County) Press. 19 October 2006.
6. News: Mitchell. Kirk. Officer Kahanic Returns to Prison After Attack. 21 August 2016. Denver Post. 20 Dec 2008.
7. News: Mitchell. Kirk. Colorado agents investigate inmate’s death at Limon high security prison. 21 August 2016. Denver Post. 6 June 2015.
8. News: Mitchell. Kirk. Limon inmate stabbed in neck, strangled to death, autopsy finds. 21 August 2016. Denver Post. 27 August 2015.
9. Web site: CDOC Offender Search . 2024-01-17 . www.doc.state.co.us.
10. https://www.fox13memphis.com/trending_archives/army-vet-sentenced-to-life-in-brutal-1987-torture-murder-of-female-fort-carson-soldier/article_e3756861-5ec0-59ed-bf00-191488bf506b.html