'Visitation is rehabilitation': Lawmakers push to recognize right to visit for prison inmates in Colorado
Colorado lawmakers are trying to make it a right — rather than a privilege — for inmates in the state’s prisons to receive ...
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Colorado prison inmates make $5M in phone calls a year. It's a budget buster
From their prison cells, Colorado inmates can make unlimited phone calls on state-issued tablets with taxpayers increasingly ...
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Colorado House committee advances bill to make visitation a right for inmates
Lawmakers hope to put into practice research drawing parallels between family visits and decreases in inmate misconduct and ...
Colorado parolee returned to prison for revenge killing
An Arapahoe County jury recently convicted 29-year-old Mohamed Tagir of ambushing and killing Marcus Pyne shortly after Tagir ...
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'Everything is changing every minute': New prison rules for trans women on hold
As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is putting a ...
Federal judge once again dismisses lawsuit of prison employee offended by DEI training
A federal judge dismissed a second lawsuit on Monday brought by a former Colorado Department of Corrections employee who was ...
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Colorado corrections officer arrested for suspected domestic violence, criminal mischief
A Colorado Department of Corrections employee has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested on suspicion of criminal mischief and domestic violence in connection to a Jan. 24 ...
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Local lawmakers urge to keep Rifle Correctional Center open
Lawmakers and local officials are urging the Colorado Joint Budget Committee (JBC) to reconsider a proposal to close the ...
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Colorado’s Haunted Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum is a Must-Visit
One of Colorado's most interesting historical museums can be found in Cripple Creek. The two-story brick building on Bennett ...