![[prison 19] Caption: This is Cellhouse 1, Pod A, from ground level inside the Sterling Correctional Facility which is located outside of Sterling, Colorado Thursday afternoon. Photographer: LEW SHERMAN Title: FREELANCE Credit: SPECIAL TO THE POST City: Sterling State: CO Country: USA Date: 19990617 ObjectName: prison 19 Keyword: PUBDATE____1999_06_22](/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/20151207__denverpostp1.jpg?w=538 "20151207__denverpost~p1.jpg")
Colorado is building outdoor recreation facilities at the cost of $4.7 million for its highest security prison as part of a settlement of a .
The prison does not currently have outdoor recreation for maximum-security prisoners, said Adrienne Jacobson, spokeswoman for the Colorado State Penitentiary in Cañon City.
“We’ve already started building the facilities,” Jacobson said Monday.
The high-security inmates currently exercise in small indoor gyms with a window.
As part of the agreement, the Colorado Department of Corrections will also build outdoor recreation facilities for some maximum-security prisoners at Sterling Correctional Facility, where condemned prisoners are held.
Most offenders at Sterling already have outdoor recreation facilities.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
