Federal Correctional Complex, Florence

United States federal prison in Colorado

38°22′N 105°06′W / 38.36°N 105.1°W / 38.36; -105.1StatusOperationalSecurity classSupermax, high, medium and minimum-securityPopulation1,500Opened1994Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Complex, Florence (FCC Florence) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Colorado. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice, and consists of four facilities:

Federal Prison Camp, Florence (FPC Florence): a minimum-security facility.
Federal Correctional Institution, Florence (FCI Florence): a medium-security facility.
United States Penitentiary, Florence High (USP Florence High): a high-security facility.
United States Penitentiary, Florence Administrative Maximum Facility (USP Florence ADMAX): a supermax facility which holds the most "dangerous" inmates in the federal prison system.^[1]

FCC Florence is located in unincorporated Fremont County, Colorado,^[2] approximately 100 miles south of Denver, Colorado.

References

^ "FCC Florence". Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Fremont County, CO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 37 (PDF p. 38/51). Retrieved 2022-08-13. Florence Federal Correctional Complex