Title 17, Corrections
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Correctional Industries Act. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 927, � 10, effective August 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 27-25-101 as it existed prior to 1977.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that, to the extent possible, all inmates should participate in programs that promote successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration into the community. Therefore, it is the general assembly's intent to create a division of corre…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 24, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Able-bodied offender means an offender in the custody of the department who is to participate in a work program or other productive activity authorized by this article and who is physically able to do so. The …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-104 Creation of division of correctional industries and advisory committee - enterprise status of division - duties of committee - sunset review of committee - rules
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(1) There is created in the department of corrections the division of correctional industries, which is under the direction of the director of correctional industries, who is appointed by the executive director of the department of corrections pursuant to section 13 of article XI…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-105 Personnel
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(1) The director shall have considerable business operations experience, including the supervision and management of production operations. (2) The director shall have the authority to determine the personnel needs and requirements of the programs and shall have the authority to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-106 General powers of the division
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(1) In addition to any other powers granted to the division by this article 24, the division has the following powers: (a) Repealed. (b) To develop programs that promote successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration into the community; (c) Repealed. (d) To acquire or purc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-106.3 Revenue bonds - authority - issuance - requirements - covenants
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(1) (a) Subject to the prior approval of the correctional industries advisory committee acting by resolution in accordance with the provisions of section 17-24-104 (5) and from both houses of the general assembly acting either by bill or joint resolution, the division may, in acc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-106.5 Interstate sales authorized. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 79: Entire section added, p. 709, � 1, effective May 22. L. 80: Entire section repealed, p. 528, � 2, effective February 29.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-106.6 Surplus state property - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 218, � 1, effective April 3, 2002.) (b) State agency means this state or any department or other agency of the state, but not including the department of transportation or t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-107 Records
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The account of all moneys received by and disbursed on behalf of the division shall also be a public record. Any public record of the division shall be open for inspection by any citizen. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 930, � 10, effective August 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-108 Disclosure of interests
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Any employee or any other agent or adviser of the division who has a direct or indirect interest in any contract or transaction with the division shall disclose this interest to the division. No such employee or other agent or adviser having such an interest shall participate on …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-109 Required programs
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(1) The division shall establish programs that provide license plates and highway signs for the state. (2) Repealed. (3) All vocational training programs, personnel, inventories, and equipment shall be resources dedicated to the establishment of the correctional industries progra…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-109.5 License plates - highway signs
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(1) The division may purchase such equipment, machinery, and other materials as may be necessary to manufacture and deliver motor vehicle license plates, temporary registration plates and certificates, validating tabs or decals, road signs, markers, and metal badges used by any d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-109.8 Pilot program - refuse derived fuel. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 80: Entire section added, p. 529, � 1, effective May 1. Editor's note: Subsection (6) provided for the repeal of this section, effective December 31, 1980. (See L. 80, p. 529.)
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-110 Financial payment incentives
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(1) The division shall establish a system of financial payments for inmates who participate in internal programs. (2) The diagnostic services unit of the division of adult parole shall provide to the division personnel testing services that perform a vocational assessment of work…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-111 Purchasing requirement
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(1) (a) The director is hereby authorized to develop programs that produce goods and services, including capital construction items, which are used by agencies financed in whole or in part by the state, any political subdivision thereof, or the federal government and to develop p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-112 Pricing
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(1) The division shall fix and determine the prices for internal program labor, goods, and services. The prices for industry products must be as near the prevailing market prices for similar quality goods and services as is practical. The prices, other than prices for agricultura…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-113 Business operations and budget
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(1) The division is hereby authorized, within appropriations which may be at its disposal, to procure or cause to be procured and maintained all necessary materials, supplies, space, services, and equipment required for the proper operation of the division. (2) The division shall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-114 Provisions for inmates - rules
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(1) The director, in collaboration with the department, shall determine inmate work assignments within the division. Each inmate work assignment must take into account the diagnostic services unit recommendation of employment training needs of the inmate, the security classificat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-115 Rules and regulations
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Pursuant to article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., the director has the power to promulgate the rules and regulations which are deemed necessary for the implementation of this article. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 934, � 10, effective August 1. Editor's note: This section is simi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-116 Sole authority
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The division shall have sole authority for operating any programs within the adult correctional institutions of this state. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 934, � 10, effective August 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-117 Penalty. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 934, � 10, effective August 1. L. 93: Entire section repealed, p. 2129, � 2, effective September 1. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 27-25-112 as it existed prior to 1977.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-118 Treasurer and controller to write off debt. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 79: Entire section added, p. 711, � 1, effective June 7. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1980. (See L. 79, p. 711.) 17-24-119. Training and employment by organizations - account for proceeds and wages. (1) The di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-119 Training and employment by organizations - account for proceeds and wages
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(1) The division, after consultation with the respective superintendents of the correctional facilities and with the director of the division of adult parole, is authorized to contract with any corporation, association, labor organization, or private nonprofit organization or wit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-120 Treasurer and controller to write off amount owed state. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-24-120Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-121 Venture agreements
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(1) The department of corrections, working through the division, is authorized to enter into agreements with private persons for the utilization of inmate labor in the manufacture, processing, or assembly of components, finished goods, services, or product lines within facilities…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-122 Agreements for the employment of inmates by private entities
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(1) The division, in collaboration with the department, is authorized to enter into agreements with private persons or entities to provide employment opportunities for inmates through external programs. Such agreements are subject to the prior review of the attorney general and t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-123 Clean-up of illegally disposed and abandoned waste tires - services to counties
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(1) The general assembly finds that the clean-up, removal, and transportation of illegally dumped, stored, or abandoned waste tires is necessary and that inmate labor is one source of labor that should be used to correct these problems. (2) The division is authorized to: (a) Prov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-124 Inmate disaster relief program - legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that inmates housed in certain prison facilities throughout the state form a labor pool that could be safely utilized to fight forest fires, help with flood relief, and assist in the prevention of or clean up after other natural or man-made disaster…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-125 Correctional industries at non-state-owned facilities - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Inmate labor program” means a program operated at a non-state-owned prison facility as a business or for profit utilizing in whole or in part labor of inmates; except that “inmate labor program” does not inc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-24-126 Canteen, vending machine, and library account created - receipts - disbursements
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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury a special revolving enterprise account to be known as the canteen, vending machine, and library account. The account shall be used by the division to establish and operate a canteen for the use and benefit of the inmates of state …