Kit Carson Prison Records

Kit Carson Prison Release Path

Kit Carson Correctional Center was a private state-contract prison in Burlington, not a county jail. That distinction controls the release search. The facility is closed, so there is no current local release desk, no active prison roster for new releases from the site, and no current CDOC release destination from that building. A person who was once housed there may have been moved to another CDOC facility before parole or discharge, so the public record should be traced through statewide corrections records rather than through the Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office.

The research identifies the facility as a former Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic prison under Colorado state contract. CoreCivic still lists the former facility page, address, phone, and fax. CDOC's private-prison annual report supplies the decisive custody fact: the contract expired in 2016, and Colorado offenders were removed before the end of that contract period. That is why a current release question should not be sent to Burlington expecting a working state-prison gate.

Confirm Kit Carson Prison Release

For a historic Kit Carson Correctional Center release, the Colorado Department of Corrections offender search is the first public lookup. The CDOC search is built for people committed to state prison custody or supervised by CDOC after a state-prison sentence. It is not a complete Kit Carson County jail roster. It asks for DOCNO, last name, first name, and gender. CDOC search tips explain that the DOC number is numeric, up to six characters, and is the department's primary identifier.

Name searches need care. CDOC says first-name and last-name searches return names beginning with the letters entered, and the name on the record may be the arresting or prosecuted name rather than a current legal name. For a person released years after leaving the former Burlington prison, that detail can be the difference between a missed record and a correct state-prison match. The CDOC disclaimer also warns that database information can be inaccurate and should be confirmed with CDOC when status matters.

1. Search the CDOC offender search by DOC number first if it is known, then by name and gender if needed.
2. Read the record for status language such as release, discharge, parole, facility location, or other non-institutional placement.
3. Check parole-board material if the release path involved parole, rescission, revocation, or a later hearing.
4. Use the sentencing court record to confirm the original sentence, discharge terms, or later sentence-completion entries.
5. Contact CDOC records when a public search result is unclear, incomplete, or inconsistent with court records.

Kit Carson Correctional Contact

CoreCivic's former facility page lists the address and historic phone information for Kit Carson Correctional Center. That page is useful to identify the former prison and its location in Burlington. It should not be treated as a live CDOC release office. For release, discharge, parole, or sentence-completion confirmation, use CDOC, parole-board, and court records because the facility no longer houses Colorado offenders.

Requests about a former state-prison stay should include the full name, DOC number if known, approximate years in custody, the facility name, and the sentence or court case if known. A historic facility name can help identify a record, but the release date may belong to a later CDOC location or a later parole or discharge event. That is why the state record is stronger than the facility page for confirmation.

Kit Carson Closure Records

The closure record is central to this facility page. CDOC's 2016 private-prison annual report stated that the Kit Carson Correctional Facility contract expired effective July 31, 2016, and that all Colorado offenders had been removed by July 27, 2016. Those dates should shape every release statement about the facility. They mean no new current CDOC release can originate from this building after closure, even if a person's older custody history mentions Burlington.

The former prison is still relevant because people search facility names from old paperwork, family memory, court records, news reports, and CDOC history. A useful release page keeps that historical intent but does not let it distort current routing. Current local jail release questions belong with the sheriff and county court. Historic state-prison release questions belong with CDOC, the parole board, and the sentencing court.

Kit Carson Facility Source

The facility image comes from the CoreCivic former Kit Carson Correctional Center page, which preserves the former facility identity and contact history.

This source supports the historical facility record, while CDOC remains the correct route for a state-prison release or discharge record.

Kit Carson State Records

A historic Kit Carson Correctional Center release record may be spread across several state systems. The public CDOC offender search may show the DOC number, name, gender, facility or status, sentence or offense information if exposed, parole status, parole-board link, projected or mandatory release date fields, and status language showing release, discharge, parole, or another placement. The exact labels can vary by record view, so the record should be read as it appears and confirmed with CDOC when needed.

The CDOC search tips page is worth using before assuming no match exists. Try the DOC number, then name variations, and remember that the prosecuted name may differ from the name a person uses after release. For one-person release status, the state record is much more relevant than a general web search for the old facility name.

Kit Carson Transfer Limits

Federal and immigration release systems have a narrower role on this former state-prison page. The Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers federal prisoners from 1982 to the present. BOP explains that if a listed release date is in the past and no facility location is shown, the person is no longer in BOP custody, though they may still be in another legal or supervision system. That is useful only when the person had a federal sentence or federal custody event.

ICE status is different again. If a state-prison or county record shows transfer to immigration custody, the local or CDOC record confirms only the transfer out of that system. It does not prove final immigration release. Use ICE locator or direct agency contact for immigration detention status. For U.S. Marshals Service custody, federal court and BOP transfer records may matter more than any local Burlington source.

Note: "No longer in one custody system" is not the same as discharge from every sentence, case, or supervision term.

Closed Kit Carson Prison

Angle L is the core local issue for this page. Kit Carson Correctional Center was a distinctive Burlington facility because it was a large private state-prison site, yet it closed in 2016. CDOC reported that the contract expired July 31, 2016 and that Colorado offenders were removed by July 27, 2016. Those facts prevent a current-release page from directing readers to a closed prison as if it still processed Colorado offenders out the gate.

The closure also explains why two Kit Carson facility pages are needed. The Kit Carson County Jail is the active local sheriff detention function for county release questions. Kit Carson Correctional Center is a historic state-contract prison. If an old document names the correctional center, follow CDOC and parole records. If a current local booking names the sheriff or county jail, follow the sheriff and Kit Carson County court records.

The CDOC private-prison annual report and CoreCivic page should be read together: one preserves the former facility identity, and the other explains why it is not a current release source.