Title 17, Corrections
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-26-302 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Intellectual or developmental disability means a disability attributable to an intellectual or developmental condition, as defined in the latest edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of the American psy…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-26-303 Placement in restrictive housing in a local jail
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(1) A local jail shall not involuntarily place an individual in restrictive housing, including for disciplinary reasons, if the individual meets any one of the following conditions: (a) The individual is diagnosed with a serious mental illness or is exhibiting grossly abnormal or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-26-304 Screening in jails
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(1) A local jail shall use an adequate screening tool to complete a health screening of each individual upon arrival at the facility by health-trained or qualified health-care personnel as part of the admission procedures. If a local jail is unable to perform a health screening o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby declares that it is the purpose of this article to establish and maintain community corrections programs which provide the courts, the department of corrections, and the state board of parole with more flexibility and a broader range of correctional op…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-101.5 Purposes of community corrections
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(1) The purpose of this article 27, with respect to community corrections, is to: (a) Further all purposes of sentencing and improve public safety by reducing the incidence of future crime through design and implementation of research-based policies, practices, programs, and stan…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 27: (1) Administrative review process means a sequence of actions that includes written notification to an offender of the decision to reject and terminate program placement, a brief explanation of the reason for the termination, instructions for the offen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-103 Community corrections boards - establishment - duties
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(1) A community corrections board may be established by resolution or ordinance of a governing body, or a combination of governing bodies. Any community corrections board which is established may be advisory to the governing body or bodies which created such board or it may be fu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-103.5 Statements relating to a transitional referral to community corrections
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(1) Pursuant to the provisions of section 24-4.1-302.5 (1)(j.5), C.R.S., a victim shall have the right to provide a written victim impact statement and a separate oral statement to a community corrections board considering an offender’s transitional referral to community correcti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-104 Community corrections programs operated by units of local government, state agencies, or nongovernmental agencies
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(1) Any unit of local government, or any state agency authorized by this article, may establish, maintain, and operate such community corrections programs as such unit or agency deems necessary to serve the needs of such unit of local government or state agency and offenders who …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-105 Authority to place offenders in community corrections programs. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-27-105Statutes 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. § 17-27-105.5 Community parole officers - duties - arrest powers - definitions
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) “Director” means the director of the department’s community corrections program whose powers and duties include those of a community parole officer. (b) “Offender” means an inmate assigned to residential and nonresidential community correctio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-105.7 Offenders held in community corrections programs - medical benefits application assistance - county of residence - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-27-105.7Statutes 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 Servic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-106 Escape from custody from a community corrections program
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(1) (a) If an offender fails to remain within the extended limits of such offender's confinement or placement or fails to return within the time prescribed to any community corrections program to which such offender was assigned or transferred or if any offender who participates …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-107 Administrative procedure act not to apply
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The provisions of this article shall not be subject to the State Administrative Procedure Act, article 4 of title 24, C.R.S. Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 717, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 17-27-112 as it existed prior to 1993…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-27-108 Division of criminal justice in the department of public safety - duties - community corrections contracts - audit
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(1) The division of criminal justice of the department of public safety is authorized to administer and execute all contracts with units of local government, community corrections boards, or nongovernmental agencies for the provision of community corrections programs and services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-28-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) The number of victims of crime increases daily; (b) These victims suffer undue hardship by virtue of physical, mental, and emotional injury or loss of property; (c) Persons found guilty of causing such suffering are under a mo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-28-102 Establishment of restitution programs
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The department shall, as a means of assisting in the rehabilitation of persons committed to its care, including persons placed in community correctional facilities or programs, establish programs and procedures whereby such persons may contribute toward restitution of those perso…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-28-103 Victim-offender conferences - pilot program
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The department is authorized to establish a pilot program, when funds become available, in its correctional facilities to facilitate victim-initiated victim-offender conferences whereby a victim of a crime may request a facilitated conference with the offender who committed the c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-29-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly finds and declares that the people of this state benefit from an inmate rehabilitation and work program that promotes that person's successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration into the community; that the executive director has custody over inmates …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-29-102 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Able-bodied offender has the same meaning as set forth in section 17-24-103 (1). (2) Work program means a work program established pursuant to the provisions of this article. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-29-103 Executive director to establish work program
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(1) The executive director may establish an intensive labor work program at all facilities, utilizing the physical labor of able-bodied offenders, which will be directed toward the reclamation and maintenance of land and resources, including but not limited to those of any federa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-29-104 Offenders in work program. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 966, � 1, effective June 10. L. 95: Entire section repealed, p. 876, � 10, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-29-105 Minimum security off-grounds work programs - authorized
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(1) The executive director, in collaboration with the division of correctional industries, may establish an external work program for any appropriate medium, minimum, and minimum-restrictive inmates. The purpose of the program is to provide employment opportunities for such inmat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-30-101 Interdepartmental cooperation concerning offenders. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-30-101Statutes 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. § 17-31-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds it necessary to provide for and encourage the implementation of programs within the state's correctional facilities, the probation division of the judicial department, the parole division within the department of corrections, the division of yout…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-31-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 31, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Approved volunteer organization means an organization which has screened and trained volunteers for working with adult and juvenile offenders in correctional facilities and in parole and probation programs of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-31-103 Volunteers - rehabilitation and transition - programs
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(1) Each division shall facilitate, where practicable, the use of volunteers to assist and participate in the development and implementation of programs for the rehabilitation and transition of and growth of support groups and systems for adult and juvenile offenders in the follo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-31-104 Right to visit offenders
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(1) A volunteer who has completed minimum training from an approved volunteer organization may visit any offender or offenders to whom such volunteer has been assigned at any institution and in any program utilizing volunteers as set forth in section 17-31-103, subject to reasona…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-32-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Correctional Education Program Act of 1990. Source: L. 90: Entire article added, p. 971, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-32-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that illiteracy is a problem in today's society and a particular problem among persons in correctional facilities. (2) The general assembly further finds and declares that: (a) Illiteracy and cognitive and vocational deficiencies…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-32-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Correctional education program means the comprehensive competency-based educational and vocational program for persons in the custody of the department developed and implemented pursuant to the provisions of this…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-32-104 Division of correctional education - advisory board to the division. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-32-104Statutes 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. § 17-32-105 Development of correctional education program - goals and objectives - performance objectives - evaluation - transfers of custody - reports
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(1) On and after July 1, 1990, the correctional education program is responsible for providing educational services to persons in correctional facilities under the control of the department and for developing and implementing a comprehensive competency-based educational and vocat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-32-106 Powers and duties of the program
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(1) In connection with the development and implementation of the correctional education program, the program shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the correctional education program; (b) To enter into agreements…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-32-107 Correctional education program fund
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There is created in the state treasury the correctional education program fund, which shall be administered by the program, and that consists of all moneys received by the program from the federal government, from the sale of goods or services by the program, and from contributio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-32-108 Sale of goods and services
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(1) (a) The correctional education program is authorized to sell goods and services to inmates, invited guests, employees of the department, governmental agencies, or nonprofit organizations only if the provision of the goods or services offers a valuable educational experience f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-33-101 Reentry planning and programs for adult parole - grant program - rules - reports - definitions - repeal
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(1) The department shall administer appropriate programs for offenders prior to and after release to assist offenders with reentry into society based upon the assessed need as determined by the executive director and suitability of individual offenders for such services. The depa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-33-102 Colorado offender identification program - rules - report - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Offender ID bank” means the facility in the department where the department securely stores offender identification documents it has acquired. (b) “Program” means the program established in this section to p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-33-103 Pre-release and reentry program development - operation - report - definitions - repeal
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Facility” means the Sterling correctional facility. (b) “Program” means a pre-release and reentry program developed in consultation with residents pursuant to this section. (c) “Program developer” means the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-33-104 Warrant search prior to offender’s release - notification to offender, public defender, and court - legislative intent - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Community corrections eligibility date” means the date an offender is eligible to be placed in a community corrections program pursuant to section 18-1.3-301 (2)(b), regardless of whether state law or an adm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-34-101 Juveniles and young adults who are convicted as adults in district court and young adults convicted under twenty-one years of age - eligibility for specialized program placement - petitions - definition
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an offender serving a sentence in the department for a felony offense as a result of the filing of criminal charges by an information or indictment pursuant to section 19-2.5-801, or the transfer of proceedings to the district c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-34-102 Specialized program for juveniles and young adults convicted as adults and young adults convicted under twenty-one years of age - report - definition
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(1) The department shall develop and implement a specialized program for offenders who have been sentenced to an adult prison for a felony offense committed while the offender was under eighteen years of age as a result of the filing of criminal charges by an information or indic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-40-101 Definitions
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As used in this article 40, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Brain injury has the same meaning as set forth in section 26-1-301 (1.5). (1.3) Correctional institution means the correctional facilities at Cañon City, the correctional facilities at Buena Vista, or any othe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-40-102 Program established
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(1) There is hereby established the Colorado diagnostic program. (2) The primary function and purpose of the program shall be to provide a diagnostic examination and evaluation of all offenders sentenced by the courts of this state, so that each such offender may be assigned to a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-40-103 Examination of offenders - report
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(1) As soon as possible after July 1, 1974, each offender entering the diagnostic center shall receive appropriate diagnostic services, and each offender's treatment and employment needs shall be identified. Information provided pursuant to section 17-40-104 shall be considered i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-40-104 Responsibility to the program of court imposing sentence
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Before or at the same time any offender is transported to the diagnostic center, the sentencing court shall transmit to the superintendent of the program any available presentence report, offense report, or diagnostic or clinical information and any recommendation the court may d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-40-105 Appointment of personnel to the program
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Subject to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the executive director shall appoint the superintendent. The superintendent shall appoint such supervisors, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, correctional specialists, and other officers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-40-106 Responsibilities of the superintendent
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(1) The superintendent shall be responsible for the administration of diagnostic services and the supervision of the employees of the program. (2) The superintendent shall be responsible for the management, control, regulation, and operation of the physical facilities and for the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-40-107 Transfer of prisoners for examination - assignment
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The executive director may transfer any offender to the program for study and examination and, upon completion thereof, shall cause the offender to be assigned pursuant to this article. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 949, � 10, effective August 1. Editor's note: This sectio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-40-108 Brain injury pilot program - report - repeal
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(1) Subject to available appropriations, the department shall implement the brain injury pilot program, referred to in this section as the pilot program. The purpose of the pilot program is to evaluate outcomes for individuals with a brain injury who received screening and suppor…