Tag: Department Of Corrections
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Colorado Department of Corrections temporarily suspends visitation statewide
The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) said Sunday it has temporarily suspended visitation at all its facilities starting immediately. CDOC has inmates at 21 facilities across Colorado, according to its website. The temporarily suspended visitation comes after an incident at the Bent County Correctional Facility on Saturday evening, according to a spokesperson for CDOC. Two offenders…
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Tina Peters speaks out after release from Colorado prison
PUEBLO — Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, convicted of participating in efforts related to election conspiracy theories promoted by President Donald Trump, was released from state prison Monday. The Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed shortly after 8 a.m. that Peters, whose sentence was commuted by Gov. Jared Polis, was processed for release from the…
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EDITORIAL: The death of justice — by a thousand cuts
Just how obsessed is the legislature’s “justice reform” wing with emptying Colorado’s prisons? Let’s just say if they could get away with it, they’d stage a fire drill and open the gates at every corrections facility in the state — then pretend not to notice when no one returned. The extremists among ruling legislative Democrats…
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Colorado lawmakers advance bill to tackle Colorado’s prison capacity issues
As lawmakers work to complete the next state budget, they are intensifying efforts to address overcrowding and capacity challenges within the Department of Corrections and related agencies — issues that have contributed to increased spending in the budget. The state Senate on Friday gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 159, specifically designed to work on…
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Colorado House opens debate on $46.8B budget already showing strain
With rising Medicaid costs, no dollars set aside for new legislation and dozens of bills still seeking funding, Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday began debating the proposed $46.8 billion budget that is already proving difficult to keep on track. By the time the main budget measure and its 64 accompanying “orbital” bills — which rely on…
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Appeals court divided over effect of retroactive sentence on parole calculation
Colorado’s second-highest court grappled last week with the framework for calculating a defendant’s earliest possible parole date in light of two intersecting legal principles — a judge’s ability to make an order retroactive, and the requirement that separate, simultaneous sentences be treated as one continuous sentence. By 2-1, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel decided…
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Colorado policymakers scramble with prisons on track to exceed capacity
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Colorado’s prison system is on track to exceed capacity within the next year, driven by a sharp slowdown in parole releases, staffing shortages and an aging inmate population — all as lawmakers grapple with an $800 million general fund shortfall that limits options for expanding beds or spending in alternative programs. If projections hold, the…
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EDITORIAL: Lawmakers look for ways to let convicts loose
If only the Democratic majority at the State Capitol worried as much about the offenders roaming our streets as it does about those who are behind bars. Colorado’s offender-friendly legislature seems oblivious to the former and convinced there are too many of the latter. The progressive fringe among ruling Democrats often appears unfazed by headlines…
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Colorado’s prison population management plan activated due to overcrowding
Ongoing issues within the Colorado Department of Corrections have prompted the state to trigger its Prison Population Management Measures — a policy framework established in 2018 to address overcrowding. It marks the first time the measures have been put into effect. Under the law, the governor must implement the management measures if the state’s prison…
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Third teen sentenced for role in deadly 2023 carjacking
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A third teen was sentenced Friday in connection with a carjacking that killed an Iraqi immigrant. Raydon Collins pleaded guilty in February to a charge of aggravated robbery related to the shooting Sept. 19, 2023, that killed 23-year-old Ahmed Zainuldeen. He was shot and killed…