Aurora theater shooter moved out of Cañon City prison
The man who murdered 12 people in an Aurora movie theater has been moved to a new Colorado prison that will allow him to have more interaction with other inmates.
A spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed Monday that James Holmes has been transferred to the San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo.
The prison, which holds roughly 200 inmates, is located near the Colorado Mental Health Institute and specializes in housing inmates with mental health disorders. But the corrections spokeswoman, Adrienne Jacobson, said the killer — who has been diagnosed with a disorder in the schizophrenia family — was not moved to the facility for specialized treatment. She called the move, “nothing unusual.”
Holmes had previously been housed in a unit at the Colorado State Penitentiaryin Cañon City where he had little to no interaction with other inmates. In one passing encounter he did have with a fellow inmate at the facility, that inmate threw several punches at him.