It’s hard to find a person in Burlington without some connection to the vanilla-brick prison sitting empty at the edge of town, surrounded by barbed-wire fence and exercise yards of yellowed winter grass. Most of the folks sipping ice tea at the VFW post and the ones visiting the bank along the town’s four-block Main Street either once worked at the prison, know someone who worked there or, at the least, are worried its closure will have long-term effects on Burlington’s roads and schools. Related ArticlesJune 30, 2016 Kit Carson prison in Burlington to close; 142 jobs lost Since Kit Carson Correctional Center closed last summer, the population of Burlington has dropped to about 3,600 from 4,200.