A Denver judge ruled that the Colorado Department of Corrections has been violating an amendment to the state constitution by requiring people in state prisons to work under threat of solitary ...

It's been four years in the making, but a judge has finally ruled in a class action lawsuit against the CDOC and Gov. Polis, ...

The state’s prisons unconstitutionally coerced prison labor by levying severe punishments — including solitary confinement — against prisoners who refused to work, Denver District Court Judge ...

In 2018, voters formally abolished slavery from the Colorado Constitution with a ballot measure that eliminated a century-old exception for prisoners.

Colorado’s prison system is on track to exceed capacity within the next year, driven by a sharp slowdown in parole releases, staffing shortages and an aging inmate population — all as lawmakers ...

More than a year after 9NEWS started to find errors in parolee risk scores, Colorado's DOC is vowing to retrain staff and ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The state of Colorado continues to be under the microscope of the Department of Justice. The DOJ announced it is now investigating the Department of Corrections and the Department of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Colorado prisons are violating the constitutional rights of the state’s adult inmates and youth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then-Mesa County Clerk and Colorado secretary of state candidate Tina Peters attends the Western Conservative Summit in Aurora on ...

The Colorado legislature’s budget panel changed course on Wednesday, reversing its previous decision to deny the Department of Corrections $2.4 million request to pay for additional prison beds. Last ...

The Cañon City Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of walking away from a corrections ...

A Denver judge on Friday ruled that the Colorado Department of Corrections has been violating a 2018 amendment to the state constitution by requiring people in state prisons to work under the threat ...