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Penry: Ritter using downturn to push ‘soft on crime’ agenda

By | 10.22.09 | 11:46 am

On Caplis and Silverman‘s KHOW talk radio show on Tuesday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry attacked Gov. Bill Ritter for releasing “hardened criminals” and sex offenders earlier than parole boards advised, picking up a well-worn GOP tack on Democrats as “soft on crime.”

Bad Publicity Not So Bad In Corrections

By | 07.05.07 | 10:07 am

They’ve lost a government contract in Colorado. They’ve been part of a Department of Corrections (DOC) audit where a state official was found to be on their payroll while he served as the director of prisons.

They have detained…

Dealing With Drugs, Part II

By | 05.15.07 | 1:19 pm

Faced with an overflowing prison population and an exploding corrections budget, Colorado legislators took an important step this session that could result in reform of the state’s criminal justice policies. When signed by Gov. Ritter, House Bill 1358 will create…

Embattled Prison Firm Also Runs ICE Lockup

By | 12.30.06 | 12:05 pm

A prisons business that recently lost a contract with the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) is also running an in-state federal facility that detains immigrants from around the country.

The Geo Group, formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections,…