Colorado lawmakers are considering whether to carve a new path out of prison for some inmates who have served at least two decades behind bars.

After a physical altercation at a Colorado prison in January, the Colorado Department of Corrections has determined that ...

Under a proposed Colorado law, people leaving prison would be entitled to identification documents and $100 in a release allowance, two benefits bill proponents say are not reliably distributed by ...

When Colorado lawmakers overhauled the state’s system of sentencing and monitoring sex offenders in 1998, supporters described the lifetime supervision policy as a comprehensive way to protect the ...

Colorado's Democratic governor is signaling his openness to granting clemency to a former county clerk who was convicted in a ...

A Denver judge on Friday ruled that the Colorado Department of Corrections has been violating a 2018 amendment to the state constitution by requiring people in state prisons to work under the threat ...

Frustrated Colorado lawmakers gave a “huge slap on the wrist” to the state’s correctional system and its leaders Wednesday, rejecting more than $20 million in funding requests. They also vented their ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is considering a clemency petition from former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters after political ...