La Vista Correctional Facility
Interactive map of La Vista Correctional Facility | |
| Location | 1401 W 17th Street Pueblo, Colorado |
|---|---|
| Status | open |
| Security class | mixed |
| Capacity | 564 |
| Opened | partially open April 2006 |
| Managed by | Colorado Department of Corrections |
La Vista Correctional Facility (LVCF) is a state prison located in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections.[1] The facility partially opened in April 2006, ramping up to its maximum capacity of 564 inmates.
La Vista is primarily a medium security facility for women. LVCF formerly housed a small number of transgender inmates and a small number of male inmates with medical conditions that require constant care or hospice; however, they were moved to Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. LVCF also has a small Administrative Segregation (AdSeg, or solitary confinement) tower where LVCF female inmates, as well as male and female offenders from the Youthful Offender System (YOS) prison, can be temporarily housed for administrative or behavioral issues. All new YOS offenders spend the first 28 days of their YOS sentence in LVCF's AdSeg tower, where they undergo the orientation training phase of (YOS).[2]
Since 2006 La Vista has implemented a program where inmates may volunteer to work in the surrounding farm fields at harvest time, replacing foreign migrant labor, which has been increasingly hard to find due to immigration crackdowns. As of 2010 farmers were paying the DOC $9.60 per person per hour. A portion of that rate goes to the inmate.[3]
Notable inmates
Notable current and former inmates of the prison include:
- Malaika Griffin - Anti-white racist convicted of the 1999 murder of Jason Patrick Horsley[4]
- Tina Peters[5] - Former Clerk and Recorder of Mesa County, Colorado. Convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation and attempting to influence a public servant[6] in connection with trying to prove the unsubstantiated conspiracy of voter fraud[7] in the 2020 United States presidential election.
References
- ^ "Address and Phone Number Information". Colorado Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Victim Handbook / guide to services" (PDF). Colorado Department of Corrections. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Good Work". Pueblo Chieftain (editorial). 28 July 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "'America's Most Wanted' Female Fugitive Guilty Of Murder". 6 March 2006.
- ^ Paul, Jesse (December 11, 2025). "Donald Trump says he's pardoned Tina Peters. That doesn't affect her state conviction". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
- ^ Slevin, Colleen (August 12, 2024). "Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, one-time hero to election deniers, convicted in computer breach". Associated Press.
- ^ Multiple sources:
- Perkins, Tom (November 6, 2020). "Donald Trump's baseless vote fraud claim opens cracks in Republican ranks". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- Daly, Matthew (November 6, 2020). "GOP divided over Trump's baseless claims of election fraud". Associated Press News. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- Hayes, Christal (November 5, 2020). "'This is getting insane': Republicans say Trump's attacks on election integrity are dangerous". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- Everett, Burgess; Zanona, Melanie (November 6, 2020). "GOP begins pushing back against Trump's false election claims". Politico. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- Gregorian, Dareh (November 6, 2020). "'This is getting insane': Republicans push back against Trump's false election claims". NBC News. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- Barrett, Ted (November 6, 2020). "Top Republicans defend Trump on baseless voter fraud claims as concerns grow in the ranks". CNN.