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The hearing will decide if the Greeley boy, who has not been officially identified, will be charged in the incident as an adult or remain in the system as a juvenile as he continues his case. ....
A teenager accused of shooting and killing 19-year-old Trevor Branson in 2022 could avoid a prison sentence, according to a plea agreement acquired by The Gazette. ....
After over a year, Colorado prisons will allow in-person visits again â with lots of precautions A photograph of the sign outside the Sterling Correctional Facility in Logan County. (Sterling Journal-Advocate) Itâs been over a year since thousands of incarcerated people in Colorado have seen their loved ones face to face. All state prisons halted in-person visitation in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which tore itâs way through correctional facilities across the state. The Colorado Department of Corrections announced on Wednesday that it will begin allowing in person visits at all but two of the stateâs prisons â with lots of rules and regulations in place. ....
A new bill signed into law last week is a small statutory change that brings a large philosophical shift designed to help young prisoners get mentoring from older inmates and end the cycle of negative prison culture. On May 6, Governor Jared Polis signed a senate bill into law that will allow housing of older inmates who will serve as mentors in the Youthful Offender Services prison in Pueblo. The prison houses violent or high-level felony offenders ages 14 to 19 and currently has a population of 183 inmates. Now that the bill has been signed, Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Dean Williams said developing the program is underway. Inmates will have a big say in how that program will work. ....