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 an altercation over the weekend at a Colorado prison where she is ...

The family of a former inmate in Colorado is filing a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the Jefferson County Jail. The lawsuit claims jail staff caused the in-custody death of Ashley Raisbeck in ...

() - 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 ...

The Trump administration is canceling a longtime partnership with the state of Colorado that uses prison inmates to train wild horses removed from federal rangelands to make the animals more suitable ...

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 ...