The Colorado Women's Correctional Facility near Cañon City in unincorporated Fremont County was decommissioned on June 4, 2009.

[4] All inmates at Colorado State Penitentiary are held in solitary confinement, officially termed Administrative Segregation (AdSeg).

CSP was the focus of the documentary series National Geographic Explorer episode "Solitary Confinement".

The original penitentiary was the subject of the 1948 semi-documentary Canon City, chronicling the December 30, 1947, prison break of 12 inmates.

Principal filming was conducted in the prison and environs of Cañon City six months after the actual event.

Maximum Insecurity, an Amazon bestseller, gives an inside look at the medical system at the Colorado State Penitentiary.