The Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility is a state prison for men located in Ordway, Crowley County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The facility opened in 1987 and houses a maximum of 1007 inmates at minimum, medium and high security levels.
Notable Inmates Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails Steven Dana Pankey 195622 Serving a 20 years to life sentence; earliest parole date 2040. Perpetrator of the kidnapping and murder of Jonelle Matthews Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos 193007 Serving a 10 year sentence; earliest parole date 2026. Perpetrator of the 2019 Lakewood semi-truck crash.
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