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Polis signals he wants private prisons like Kit Carson kept shut The administration...
Gov. Jared Polis is seeking permission from lawmakers that would make it easier for his administration to deny the transfer of out-of-state inmates into...
Effort to repeal Colorado’s death penalty reaches new milestone Lawmakers have tried to abolish...
Update: This story was originally published on Jan. 30. On Friday, Jan. 31, the Senate gave final approval to the bill by a vote...
The Polis administration wants to open a state prison ASAP. Here’s why lawmakers haven’t...
Colorado lawmakers are scrambling to nail down a plan to create space in the state’s prison system after the prison company GEO Group announced...
GOP lawmakers seek to roll back police transparency reforms A proposed bill would limit...
Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make it harder for the public to access completed police internal affairs investigations into officer misconduct...
Prison company gave Colorado 60 days to find a new place for its inmates...
GEO Group, a Florida-based correctional company, ended a contract with the state to house inmates at its prison in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, forcing...
Polis administration: Conditions in private prison failed state standards The Department of Corrections is...
GEO Group, a Florida-based company that operates a private prison in Colorado Springs, repeatedly failed this year to meet state standards for security, job...
Greene: Grace and forgiveness in Rangely
Editor's note: This letter to readers went out Friday, Dec. 6. to our email subscribers.
Dear readers,
I started this letter to you in my head...
Colorado lawmakers want fewer people awaiting trial in jail Despite last year's bail reforms,...
Lawmakers this legislative session will debate bail reforms to ensure fewer people accused of committing a crime have to wait in jail before they...
Gun reform talks under way at the state Capitol Passage of gun bills in...
Rep. Tom Sullivan, a Democrat from Centennial, has a long list of gun reforms he hopes to see become law.
He wants to require gun...
EVENT: A conversation about mental illness and law enforcement in rural Colorado
Next month will mark the year anniversary of Daniel Pierce’s death. The newcomer to the rural northwest Colorado community of Rangely was suffering from...