John Holbrooks News Today

Federal and state prisons in Colorado are all struggling to recruit and retain employees, which leads to difficult working conditions.

High job vacancy rates have plagued many industries since the onset of the pandemic almost three years ago, but for those working in corrections, being understaffed can quickly lead to being overworked in a stressful and potentially dangerous environment.

Colorado's Democratic senators want the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to increase pay in an effort to recruit and retain more workers to guard them.

A Pike County man was sentenced recently to serve more than two years in prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.

A Pike County man pleaded guilty recently to being involved in a heroin and fentanyl distribution conspiracy that prosecutors say brought the drug to the area.

A Pike man pleaded not guilty in federal court recently to charges including one that he sold fentanyl to a person who died as a result.

Three men were indicted in federal court Jan. 27 for allegedly distributing heroin and fentanyl, with one of the defendants also facing a charge that their distribution of fentanyl led

Employees at Florence's Federal Correction Complex are voicing their concerns over the staff shortage, saying they are noticing an "uptick" in violent behavior inside the facility the more they are overworked.