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Tag: Department Of Corrections
Penry: Ritter using downturn to push ‘soft on crime’ agenda
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
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...
Dealing With Drugs, Part II
Faced with an overflowing prison population and an exploding corrections budget, Colorado legislators took an important step this session that could result in reform...
Embattled Prison Firm Also Runs ICE Lockup
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...