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Colorado’s prison population is dropping, but not fast enough, advocates say...

Colorado's prison population has dropped to the lowest level since 2004, according to reports from the Colorado Department of Corrections.  As of April 30, the...

Leaving a halfway house can land you in prison. That could...

In 2010, Jenny Chestnut said she was found guilty of shoplifting and sentenced to serve three years in a halfway house in Greeley. After...

Lawmakers eye drug sentencing reforms to ease projected prison population growth...

Editors note: House Democrats introduced a bill to change the penalties for drug possession on March 22. The department that oversees Colorado’s prisons is again asking the...

Drug Court: The Other Side of the Coin

The return of Denver's drug court this week has been hailed by everyone from the mayor to the district attorney to graduates of the...