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Colorado considers releasing more inmates to ease prison crowding

Colorado is preparing to make it easier for some convicted criminals to get released from prison as part of a three-part ...

Colorado lawmakers consider measures to lower state's prison population

Three months after the legislative Joint Budget Committee approved emergency funding for nearly 1,000 more beds in Colorado's ...

Colorado legislature passes bills to ease prison population crisis

Colorado passes bills to ease prison overcrowding, expanding parole for young offenders and adjusting early release criteria.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Colorado's inmate risk assessments are flawed and hidden. This bill would overhaul them and require transparency.

In late December of 2025, an investigation by Denver-based 9News led to the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) ...

How Colorado Plans to Fix Its Prison 'Capacity Crisis'

A new bill at the state capitol is taking aim at overcrowded prisons by creating a working group and allowing some inmates to earn more time off their sentences. The move comes as thousands of ...
The Denver Post

Judge blocks Trump administration from moving former death row inmates to Colorado’s ‘Supermax’ prison

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison, warning that ...
The Greeley Tribune

Colorado lawmakers want to carve a new path out of prison in second-look sentencing bill

Colorado lawmakers are considering whether to carve a new path out of prison for some inmates who have served at least two decades behind bars. In a second-look sentencing bill introduced in late ...