how many prisons are in canyon city colorado
Cañon City, Colorado Colorado Department of Corrections operates the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City.[21] In addition to several correctional facilities near Cañon City in unincorporated areas in Fremont County, Colorado State Penitentiary, the location of the state death row and execution chamber[22] is in Fremont County.[23] Other state prisons in Fremont County include Arrowhead Correctional Center,[24] Centennial Correctional Facility,[25] Fremont Correctional Facility,[26] Four Mile Correctional Center,[27] and Skyline Correctional Center.[28]
Canyon The word canyon is Spanish in origin (cañón,[4] pronounced [kaˈɲon]), with the same meaning. The word canyon is generally used in North America while the words gorge and ravine are used in Europe and Oceania, though gorge and ravine are also used in some parts of North America. In the United States, place names generally use canyon in the southwest and gorge in the northeast, with the rest of the country graduating between these two according to geography. In Canada, a gorge is usually narrow while a ravine is more open and often wooded. The military-derived word defile is occasionally used in the United Kingdom.