Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood
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The Federal Correctional Institution Englewood is a Federal Bureau of Prisons
low security facility for male offenders, located in unincorporated
Jefferson County
. FCI Englewood is located off of U.S. Route 285
and Kipling Street, 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Denver. The facility is named after the city of Englewood, Colorado
and has a Littleton, Colorado
mailing address, but is not within the incorporated boundaries of either city. The prison also has an administrative detention center and an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum security male offenders, which offers pool, ping-pong or even foosball to the inmates.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. The system also handles prisoners who committed acts considered felonies under the District of Columbia's...
low security facility for male offenders, located in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Colorado
Jefferson County , whose slogan is the "Gateway to the Rocky Mountains", is the fourth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Located along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, Jefferson County is adjacent to the west side of the state capital, Denver....
. FCI Englewood is located off of U.S. Route 285
U.S. Route 285
U.S. Route 285 is a north–south United States highway, running 845 miles through the states of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. The highway's northern terminus is in Denver, Colorado, at exit 201 on Interstate 25. Its southern terminus is in Sanderson, Texas at an intersection with U.S....
and Kipling Street, 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Denver. The facility is named after the city of Englewood, Colorado
Englewood, Colorado
The city of Englewood is a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. As of 2007, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,532. Englewood is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. Englewood is located in the South Platte River Valley east of the...
and has a Littleton, Colorado
Littleton, Colorado
Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of...
mailing address, but is not within the incorporated boundaries of either city. The prison also has an administrative detention center and an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum security male offenders, which offers pool, ping-pong or even foosball to the inmates.
Notable prisoners
- Jeffrey SkillingJeffrey SkillingJeffrey Keith "Jeff" Skilling is the former president of Enron Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas. In 2006 he was convicted of multiple federal felony charges relating to Enron's financial collapse, and is currently serving a 24-year, four-month prison sentence at the Federal...
(former EnronEnronEnron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...
CEO) - BOP register number 29296-179 - Mike CaronaMike CaronaMichael S. "Mike" Carona is a convicted felon and former Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County, California. The Sheriff was the elected head of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. He gained national prominence during the hunt for the killer of Samantha Runnion...
- Located in "The Camp," a minimum security facility - BOP register number 45335-112.
External links
- An official Bureau of Prisons site
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