Title 17, Corrections
0 chapters · 355 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-101 Executive director - creation - division heads - medical personnel
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(1) The governor, with the consent of the senate, shall appoint an executive director of the department of corrections, who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The reappointment of an executive director after initial election of a governor shall be subject to the provisi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-102 Definitions
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As used in this title 17, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 404, � 1, effective April 19, 1993.) (1.1) Activities of daily living means basic self-care activities, including, but not limited to, eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, transf…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-103 Duties of the executive director
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(1) The duties of the executive director are: (a) To manage, supervise, and control the correctional institutions operated and supported by the state; to monitor and supervise the activities of private contract prisons; to manage and supervise the divisions, agencies, boards, and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-103.3 Reports for budgeting - definition
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(1) (a) No later than the fifth day of each month, the executive director shall report the department's previous month's: (I) Bed capacity and average daily inmate population by prison facility, security level, and custody classification; and (II) Vacancy rate for each security l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-103.5 Literacy corrections program - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-1-103.5Statutes 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 Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-103.7 Duties of executive director - emergency response time - legislative declaration. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-1-103.7Statutes 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 Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-103.8 Executive director - inspector general - investigators - duties
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(1) The executive director, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, shall appoint a person to the position of inspector general. The person appointed to the position shall report to the executive director and shall have the powers of a peace officer, as d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-104 Facilities managed, supervised, and controlled. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 905, � 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 685, � 22, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section repealed, p. 831, � 5, effective May 24. 17-1-104.3. Correctional facilities - locations - security level - report - repeal. (1)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-104.3 Correctional facilities - locations - security level - report - repeal
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(1) (a) Each facility operated by or under contract with the department shall have a designated security level. Designation of security levels shall be as follows: (I) Level I facilities shall have designated boundaries, but need not have perimeter fencing. Inmates classified as …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-104.4 Future correctional facility needs. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1091, � 1, effective May 9; (3)(b) amended, p. 2615, � 24, effective July 1. L. 95: (2)(b) and (3) amended and (4), (5), (6), and (7) added, pp. 1277, 1274, �� 15, 8, effective June 5; (3)(b) amended, p. 638, � 25, effective July 1. L. 96: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-104.5 Incarceration of inmates from other states - private contract prison facilities
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that the importation of prisoners from other states into correctional facilities not operated by the department of corrections is a matter of statewide concern. (2) No inmate from a state other than Colorado may be received into the sta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-104.6 Planning and review requirements - legislative intent
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the construction, expansion, renovation, or improvement of state-built and operated department of corrections facilities is a matter of statewide and not local concern. Therefore, the department, in authorizing and financing…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-104.7 Management plan for housing of juveniles - report. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 1681, � 5, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2000: Entire section repealed, p. 834, � 7, effective May 24. 17-1-104.8. Legislative review of facilities program plans for correctional facilities. (Repealed) Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-104.8 Legislative review of facilities program plans for correctional facilities. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-1-104.8Statutes 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 Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-104.9 Custody levels for state inmates at private prisons - correctional emergency - definition
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(1) Based upon available appropriations and based upon an annual review by the general assembly, the department is authorized to permanently place state inmates classified as medium custody and below in private contract prisons. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-105 Powers of executive director
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(1) The executive director shall have and exercise: (a) All the right and power to transfer an inmate between correctional facilities. (b) Repealed. (c) The authority to enter into contracts and agreements with other jurisdictions, including other states, the federal government, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-105.1 Accreditation of private contract prisons
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(1) Repealed. (2) Prior to submitting building plans to any county, municipality, city and county, or other local governmental agency, any company proposing to construct a private prison within the state shall conduct at least one hearing in the county where the facility is propo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-105.5 Contract rates
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(1) Contracts for the confinement and maintenance of state inmates in private contract facilities or facilities operated by a political subdivision of the state entered into pursuant to this article shall be at rates that are negotiated by the department; except that the rate sha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-106 Transfer of functions. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 905, � 10, effective August 1. L. 2000: Entire section repealed, p. 835, � 11, effective May 24.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-107 Department may accept gifts, donations, and grants
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The department may accept, or refuse to accept, on behalf of and in the name of the state, gifts, donations, and grants, including grants of federal funds, for any purpose connected with the work or programs of the department. The executive director, with the approval of the gove…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-107.5 State criminal alien assistance program cash fund - creation
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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the state criminal alien assistance program cash fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received by the state under the federal state criminal alien assistance program of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. sec. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-108 Transfer of inmates
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(1) A person committed to the care and custody of the department as an inmate who is transferred to another institution, agency, or person for care and keeping, or who is transferred from a jail to the department, shall be transferred with medical records and any other record nec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-109 Duties and functions of the warden
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(1) The warden of each correctional facility shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions assigned to the warden by this article under the supervision and control of the executive director or the executive director's designee. (2) (a) The warden of each correcti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-109.5 Correctional facility employees - rules
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(1) On and after April 1, 2004, the department shall not hire a person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act, article 22 of title 16, C.R.S., to work at a correctional facility. (2) The department sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-110 Joint review committee on corrections. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 78: Entire section added, p. 124, � 2, effective April 18. Editor's note: When this section was enacted in 1978, the general assembly provided for the repeal of this section upon occupancy of the maximum security facility. Because the facility has been occupied since D…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-111 Certain provisions of the administrative procedure act not to apply
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The provisions of this title relating to the placement, assignment, management, discipline, and classification of inmates shall not be subject to section 24-4-103, 24-4-105, or 24-4-106, C.R.S.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-112 Expenses - reimbursement by department - report
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(1) Subject to available appropriations, the department shall reimburse any county or city and county for a portion of the expenses and costs incurred by that county or city and county in the confinement and maintenance in a local jail of any person who is sentenced to a term of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-112.5 Annual audit by state auditor. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 91: Entire section added, p. 338, � 3, effective May 24. L. 93: Entire section repealed, p. 406, � 3, effective April 19.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113 Medical visits - charge to inmates - legislative declaration
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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds that the procedures for charging inmates a copayment for medical services are confusing to department personnel and, as a result, are inconsistently applied. (b) The general assembly therefore finds and determines that the department shou…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.1 Administration or monitoring of medications to persons in correctional facilities
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(1) The executive director has the power to direct the administration or monitoring of medications to persons in correctional facilities, as described in section 25-1.5-301 (2)(a), C.R.S., under the executive director’s control, in a manner consistent with part 3 of article 1.5 o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.2 Continuity of care for persons released from correctional facility
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Before a person is released from the custody of a correctional facility, the correctional facility shall comply with the provisions of section 17-26-140 concerning continuity of care for persons with a substance use disorder.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.3 Telemedicine - study - report - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 1553, � 1, effective August 7. Editor's note: Subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2007. (See L. 2006, p. 1553.)
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.4 Opioid treatment for a person in custody - definitions
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(1) A correctional facility or private contract prison may make available opioid agonists and opioid antagonists to a person in custody with an opioid use disorder. The correctional facility or private contract prison is strongly encouraged to maintain the treatment of the person…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.5 Inmates held in correctional facilities - medical benefits application assistance - county of residence - rules
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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), on and after January 1, 2003, any person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a correctional facility who was receiving medical assistance pursuant to section 25.5-5-101 (1)(f) or 25.5-5-201 (1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.6 Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody - definition
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(1) A correctional facility or private contract prison shall provide whichever menstrual hygiene products are requested by a person in custody to the person in custody at no expense to the person in custody. A correctional facility or private contract prison shall not impose any …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.7 Prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant inmates in the custody of correctional facilities and private contract prisons - report
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(1) The staff of a correctional facility or private contract prison, when restraining a female inmate, shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary to ensure safety if the staff of the correctional facility or private contract prison have a reasonable belief that the inma…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.8 Persons with serious behavioral or mental health disorders - long-term isolated confinement - work group - medication-assisted treatment - appropriation
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(1) The department shall not place a person with a behavioral or serious mental health disorder in long-term isolated confinement except when exigent circumstances are present. (2) (a) There is hereby established within the department a serious mental illness in long-term isolate…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-113.9 Use of administrative segregation for state inmates - reporting
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(1) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before January 1, 2012, and each January 1 thereafter, the executive director shall provide a written report to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, concerning the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-114 Pool of funds - continuance of community supervision
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There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the community supervision supplemental fund, which shall consist of moneys appropriated by the general assembly. All moneys in the fund shall be subject to withdrawal by the department of corrections, the judicia…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-114.5 Incarceration of a person in custody with the capacity for pregnancy - report
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(1) A correctional facility or private contract prison incarcerating a person who is capable of pregnancy shall: (a) Train the facility’s staff to ensure that a pregnant person receives safe and respectful treatment; (b) Develop administrative policies to ensure a trauma-informed…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-115 Investigators employed by the department - notification to local law enforcement agencies. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-1-115Statutes 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. § 17-1-115.2 Correctional law enforcement agencies to provide identification cards to retired peace officers upon request - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Law enforcement agency of the department” means the department and any agency within the department that employs at least one peace officer. (b) “Peace officer” means a certified peace officer described in s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-115.5 Prison sexual assault prevention program
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(1) The department shall develop, with respect to sexual assaults that occur in correctional facilities operated by or pursuant to a contract with the department, policies and procedures to: (a) Require disciplinary action for employees who fail to report incidences of sexual ass…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-115.7 Prevention of sexual assaults on youthful inmates - compliance with federal law - report - definition
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(1) On or before August 20, 2013, the department shall implement policies pursuant to the federal “Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 15601 et seq., to ensure compliance with the provisions thereof relating to youthful inmates, as codified at 28 CFR 115.14. (2) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-115.8 Corrections officer staffing - report - double shift criteria - definition
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(1) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the department shall prepare a report for the members of the general assembly by January 15, 2014, and by January 15 each year thereafter, regarding corrections officer staffing levels. The report must include: (a) Staffing levels …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-115.9 Incentives for mental health professionals - report - legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) The failure to provide timely needed sex offender treatment or services creates a risk when an inmate is released into the community and increases expenses when an inmate remains in prison due to his or her failure to receive treatment or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-116 Corrections expansion reserve fund
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There is hereby created in the state treasury the corrections expansion reserve fund. Moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the purpose of complying with the provisions of section 2-2-703, C.R.S., which requires that any bill whic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-1-117 Appropriation to comply with section 2-2-703 - HB 94-1052. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-1-117Statutes 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. § 17-1-118 Appropriation to comply with section 2-2-703 - HB 96-1361. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 17-1-118Statutes 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. § 17-1-119 Lethal perimeter security systems for correctional facilities - governmental immunity - limitations
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the installation and operation of electrified, lethal perimeter security systems at certain state correctional facilities will enhance the safety of the citizens of this state and will result in reduced costs for operating s…