Colorado lawmakers are proposing several changes to a state law that sponsors say would help ease overcrowding and reduce ...

Gov. Jared Polis' budget director is sounding an alarm about the need for new prison facilities amid a growing inmate ...

Former county clerk Tina Peters and another inmate got in some sort of confrontation over the weekend at a Colorado prison where she is serving her sentence.

A Colorado prison inmate died after coming to another inmate's defense during a March 2023 brawl that erupted during what prison officials believed to be a drinking party. Now, three inmates ...

() - Legislators working on Colorado’s budget are considering an increase for daily per-person costs for private prisons.

Colorado’s prison system is facing a critical capacity issue, with only 161 funded general population beds remaining and a ...

A coalition of 17 county sheriffs urged Gov. Jared Polis to resolve the Department of Corrections’ backlog in inmate transfers and increase what the local officials described as the state’s inadequate ...

RIFLE, Colo. — Nearly 180 inmates were being evacuated from a Colorado prison, officials announced Saturday evening, as the Lee Fire continues to advance south. The Colorado Department of Corrections ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than 8,000 inmates in Colorado prisons will have free computer tablets by the end of the year. KDVR in Denver reports that the pilot program is aimed at reducing tension ...