Colorado is spending more per inmate on health care as the state’s prison population ages, according to a national report released Wednesday.. The report, from the Pew Charitable Trusts, found ...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Dean Williams, the state prison executive director, touted Colorado’s commitment to improved treatment of transgender inmates.

A Denver judge sentenced Shannon McShane to four years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for influencing a public ...

Five of the 13 injured inmates were from Washington state, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections. The five were treated at local hospitals and returned to the prison, spokeswoman ...

Instead, the Colorado Department of Corrections is carrying out mandated changes to the state’s system under a 2019 class-action lawsuit filed in Denver District Court, which originated with ...

A Colorado prison inmate died after coming to another inmate's defense during a March 2023 brawl that erupted during what ... eight inmates were in the Colorado State Penitentiary's A-3 ...

Updated April 24 @ 4:04 p.m. Facing fears of a widespread COVID-19 outbreak among the incarcerated, state officials have agreed to the early release of almost 150 people so far from state prisons ...

Colorado is on track to become the first state to accommodate transgender women inmates in the state penitentiary after a class action lawsuit alleged discrimination, assault, rape and harassment.

From their prison cells, Colorado inmates can make unlimited phone calls on state-issued tablets with taxpayers increasingly footing the bill. By the numbers: The cost of cellphones for inmates is ...

CAÑON CITY, Colo. (AP) — Colorado prison officials say an inmate died after being assaulted by a fellow inmate at the Colorado State Penitentiary. The Colorado Department of Corrections says 35 ...

COLORADO, USA — A new bill introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives would require local and county jails to provide tampons for free to inmates. Two years ago, legislators approved ...

Nor does it state how suspected alcohol made it into the hands of inmates. CBS Colorado has requested that information from the DOC. From left to right, Charles Porter, Turell Lee and Justin Sanders.