'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 ...
Surprise bills from ambulances, YIGBY (“Yes in God’s Backyard”) housing and more from the Colorado legislature this week
A bill in the Colorado legislature would give patients who end up in publicly owned ambulances the same protection as others ...
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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 ...
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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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‘Not our job and not our concern’: Law enforcement in Boulder County say they will not call ICE on locals
Law enforcement agencies in Boulder County have stated they will not contact ICE on those in the community or arrest or hold ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Male inmate dies in Denver’s Downtown Detention Center
A male inmate was pronounced dead Saturday morning at Denver’s Downtown Detention Center, according to the Denver Sheriff ...
Salinas Valley State prison inmates face life after murder conviction
Jose Bueno was also convicted of assault by a life prisoner. He had previously been convicted of four strikes, including for murder. Jose Bueno faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, without the ...