Title 17, Corrections
0 chapters · 355 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-168 Broadband infrastructure cash fund - created - repeal
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(1) (a) The broadband infrastructure cash fund, referred to in this section as the fund, is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money transferred to the fund pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section and any other money that the general assembly may appropriat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-201 Duties of department
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(1) The department shall adopt rules and implement a process to issue requests for competitive proposals for the use and development of private contract prisons. (2) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), no later than December 1 of each fiscal year, beginning with the 1996…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-202 Requests for competitive proposals and contract requirements
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(1) Before entering into any contract for designing, financing, acquiring, constructing, or operating a private contract prison or any contract for any combination of these functions, the department may issue a request for competitive proposals. Prior to issuing a request for com…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-202.5 Private prison planning process
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(1) In any fiscal year, if the general assembly determines that the amount of moneys credited to the capital construction fund, created in section 24-75-302, C.R.S., is not sufficient to pay for the design and construction of a correctional facility for adult offenders that is de…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-203 Powers and duties not delegable to contractor
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(1) A contract executed pursuant to this part 2 shall not be construed as authorizing, allowing, or delegating authority to the contractor to: (a) Choose the correctional facility to which an inmate is initially assigned or subsequently transferred. The contractor may request, in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-204 Background checks
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(1) The Colorado bureau of investigation may accept fingerprints of individuals who apply for employment at a private correctional facility and who shall be subject to background checks in accordance with section 17-1-202 (1)(a)(I). (2) For the purpose of conducting background ch…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-205 Contract termination - control of a correctional facility by the department
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A contractor shall submit a detailed plan for the department to assume temporary responsibility for a private contract prison when the contract between the state and the contractor terminates. The state, through the executive director, may terminate the contract for cause, includ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-206 Inmates in custody of the department
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The provisions of section 16-11-308, C.R.S., shall apply to inmates placed in a private contract prison pursuant to this part 2. Source: L. 95: Entire part added, p. 1271, � 1, effective June 5. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 838, � 22, effective May 24.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-206.5 Preparole release and revocation facility - community return-to-custody facility
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(1) On or before December 1, 2001, the department shall issue a request for proposal for the construction and operation of a private contract prison to serve as a preparole and revocation center, that shall be a level III facility, as described in section 17-1-104.3 (1)(a)(III). …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-207 Applicability of part
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This part 2 shall not apply to the contracts between counties and the department of corrections under which the county agrees to house the backlog of inmates as provided by section 16-11-308.5, C.R.S., which contracts shall be governed by said section. In addition, this part 2 sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-100.2 Legislative intent regarding parole
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The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the primary consideration for any decision to grant parole shall be the public safety. The general assembly further finds and declares that, since parole is a privilege granted by the general assembly and not a right guaranteed …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-100.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the state board of parole created in section 17-2-201 (1)(a). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2044, � 70, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-101 Division of adult parole
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In order to promote the maximum efficiency, economy, and continuity of services in carrying out the purposes of this part 1, the division of administration created by the State Parole Reorganization Act of 1951, formerly transferred to the department of institutions and identifie…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-102 Division of adult parole - general powers, duties, and functions - definitions
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(1) The division of adult parole in the department shall administer the adult parole program. The division of adult parole is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105. The division shall keep a complete record in respect to all domestic as well as interstate parolees. The …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-103 Arrest of parolee - revocation proceedings
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(1) The director of the division of adult parole or any community parole officer may arrest any parolee when: (a) He or she has a warrant commanding that such parolee be arrested; or (b) He or she has probable cause to believe that a warrant for the parolee's arrest has been issu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-103.5 Revocation proceedings - parolee arrested for certain offenses
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of section 17-2-103, a community parole officer shall file a complaint seeking revocation of the parole of any parolee who: (I) Is found in possession of a deadly weapon as defined in section 18-1-901, C.R.S.; (II) Is arrested and charged wit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-104 Records - reports - publications
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(1) The office of director of the division of adult parole shall be maintained as a clearing house for all information on domestic as well as interstate parolees, and the director shall prescribe, prepare, and furnish such forms, records, and reports as the executive director may…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-105 Appropriation. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 911, � 10, effective August 1. L. 2000: Entire section repealed, p. 841, � 27, effective May 24. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 17-1-105 as it existed prior to 1977.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-106 Branch parole offices - acquisition - duty to inform public
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(1) (a) The director of the division of adult parole shall contemporaneously send written notice to the chief executive officer of the municipality and the city council or board of trustees of the municipality in which the division intends to operate the branch parole office. (b)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-200.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the state board of parole created in section 17-2-201 (1)(a). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2045, � 72, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-201 State board of parole - duties - definitions
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(1) (a) There is created the state board of parole, which consists of nine members. The board is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105. The members of the board are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate, and they shall devote their full time to their dut…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-201.5 Study of parole system. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 30, � 9, effective March 20. L. 2000: Entire section repealed, p. 842, � 29, effective May 24.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-202 Request for transfer - penitentiary to reformatory. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 914, � 10, effective August 1. L. 85: Entire section repealed, p. 641, � 11, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 17-1-202 as it existed prior to 1977. 17-2-202.5. Administrative hearing officers and release he…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-202.5 Administrative hearing officers and release hearing officers - qualifications - duties
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(1) (a) To be eligible to serve as an administrative hearing officer or administrative law judge under contract with the board, an attorney shall have five years’ experience in the practice of law and be knowledgeable of parole laws and guidelines, offender rehabilitation, correc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-203 Request for transfer - reformatory to penitentiary. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 914, � 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section repealed, p. 705, � 88, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 17-1-203 as it existed prior to 1977.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-204 Parole may issue - when
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(1) The board, pursuant to rules and regulations, may issue a parole or permit to go at large to any inmate who now is imprisoned in a correctional facility and who may have served the minimum term pronounced by the court or, in the absence of such minimum term pronounced by the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-205 Time of parole not considered when convict is reincarcerated. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-2-205Statutes 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. § 17-2-206 Parole not to be construed as discharge. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 915, � 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 689, � 30, effective July 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 959, � 1, effective July 1. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 524, � 2, effective July 1. Editor's note: This sect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-207 Parole - regulations
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(1) and (2) Repealed. (3) Offenders on parole shall remain under legal custody and shall be subject at any time to be returned to a correctional facility. (4) From and after the suspension, cancellation, or revocation of the parole of any prisoner and until his return to custody,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-208 Effective date and application. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 915, � 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 689, � 32, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1635, � 27, effective July 19. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 524, � 2, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-209 Civil proceedings - inmate subject to parole
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When an inmate has met all of the requirements to be eligible for parole, but the board has reason to believe that the inmate may have a mental health disorder as defined in section 27-65-102, the board shall initiate civil proceedings pursuant to article 23 of this title 17 and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-210 Duties of board
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The board, acting through its chairperson or an assistant or a community parole officer, shall promptly commence civil proceedings pursuant to section 17-2-209 and shall notify the office of the attorney general, who shall then represent the board in the hearings. Source: L. 77: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-211 Jurisdiction of courts
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All civil actions under sections 17-2-209 to 17-2-212 shall be brought in the court of proper jurisdiction in the county of Pueblo, state of Colorado. Wherever and whenever possible, qualified witnesses in the field of mental health shall be obtained from the Colorado mental heal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-212 Duty of warden
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If the board has previously considered an inmate for release and the inmate is still imprisoned and if the inmate's mental condition is questioned by a warden of a correctional facility, it is the duty of said warden to notify the chairperson of the board at least forty days prio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-213 Application of part
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Effective July 1, 1979, the provisions of this part 2 relating to the power of the state board of parole to grant parole and to establish the duration of the term of parole shall apply only to persons sentenced for conviction of a felony committed prior to July 1, 1979, persons s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-214 Right to attend parole hearings
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(1) The victim of any crime or any person requested by the victim to appear on behalf of such victim or a relative of the victim, if the victim has died or is a minor or is incapacitated and unable to appear, has the right to attend any parole proceeding under this title relative…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-215 Notification of parole proceeding
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In addition to the notice required by section 17-2-214 (2), the department of corrections shall establish a system of notification under which any person may make a written request to the department of corrections or the board for the notification of any parole proceeding concern…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-215.5 Notification requirements
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Using recommendations from victim advocates, the department shall ensure the information required by sections 17-2-214 and 17-2-215 is in plain and easy-to-understand language. To the extent practicable, any written or electronic notice must ensure that information about a parole…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-216 Application of sections 17-2-214 and 17-2-215
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The provisions of sections 17-2-214 and 17-2-215 shall apply to any parole proceeding held on or after July 1, 1985, irrespective of when the offender was sentenced or incarcerated. Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 644, � 4, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-217 Release hearing officers - pilot program
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(1) The department and the board are hereby authorized to conduct a release hearing officers pilot program that utilizes the officers described in section 17-2-201 (3)(h.1). (2) Repealed. Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 502, � 4, effective May 16. L. 2008: (2) repealed,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-218 Suspend early parole supervision discharge for victim notification - exception
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(1) If the board of parole decides to discharge parole supervision for a person who was convicted of any offenses described in section 16-22-102 (9) or 24-4.1-302 (1) prior to the person’s mandatory parole supervision discharge date, the board shall set the person’s date of parol…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-301 Short title
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This part 3 shall be known and may be cited as the Cooperative Return of Parole and Probation Violators Act of 1957. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 916, � 10, effective August 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-302 Director - powers
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The executive director is authorized to deputize any person regularly employed by the state of Colorado, or any person regularly employed by another state, to act as an officer and agent of this state in effecting the return of any person who has violated the terms and conditions…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-303 Deputization
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Any deputization pursuant to section 17-2-302 shall be in writing, and any person authorized to act as an agent of this state pursuant to this part 3 shall carry formal evidence of his deputization and shall produce the same upon demand. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 916, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-2-304 Interstate agreements
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The executive director is authorized to enter into contracts with similar officials of any other state, subject to approval of the governor, for the purpose of sharing an equitable portion of the cost of effecting the return of any person who has violated the terms and conditions…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-10-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds that persons who are convicted of offenses in the state which result in such persons being confined to a local jail or a correctional facility, being sentenced to home detention, being placed on probation by the sentencing court, or being placed …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-10-102 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Cost of care means the cost to the department or a county or a city and county charged with the custody of an offender for providing room, board, clothing, medical care, and other normal living expenses for an of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-10-103 Action for reimbursement of cost of care
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(1) When any person has been sentenced to confinement in a local jail or a correctional facility or to home detention or has been granted probation or has been placed on parole by the state board of parole and the sentencing court has not entered an order pursuant to section 18-1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-10-104 Action for reimbursement of cost of care - when commenced
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(1) An action may be commenced pursuant to section 17-10-103 against any offender: (a) At any time during the imprisonment of such offender; (b) During the period of probation supervision of such offender; or (c) Within two years after the offender's release from imprisonment or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-10-105 Jurisdiction - process
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(1) An action to recover cost of care brought pursuant to this article shall be brought in the district court of any county in which the offender has been confined, supervised on probation, or placed on parole. (2) The practice and procedure in an action to recover cost of care s…