All correctional facilities under the supervision of the executive director, wherever located, shall be maintained as state institutions. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 917, § 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 690, § 34, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 49, § 1, effective July 1. […]
The organization and administration of all correctional facilities under the supervision of the executive director shall be the responsibility of such executive director. (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 49 , § 2, effective July 1, 1993.) The wardens of correctional facilities shall report to such persons as the executive director designates at such times […]
The wardens of all correctional facilities under the supervision of the executive director and the staff of such correctional facilities shall be conservators of the peace. As such they shall have the power to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, upon any grounds owned or leased by this state and used […]
It is the duty of the wardens to keep a record of all infractions of the prison rules and regulations, as prescribed by the department. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 920, § 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 693, § 43, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, […]
Any person convicted of a crime and confined in any state correctional facility listed in section 17-1-104.3 is not entitled to any privileges that may be made available by the department. If any such person is required by the department to perform any available labor, participate in any available educational program or work program, undergo […]
All persons convicted of any crime and confined in any state correctional facilities under the laws of this state, except such as are precluded by the terms of the judgment of conviction, shall perform labor under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the department. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 921, […]
Every able-bodied inmate shall be put to and kept at the work most suitable to such inmate’s capacity and most advantageous to the people of this state. Inmates who work in the department shall not be entitled to any right, benefit, or privilege applicable to employees of the state of Colorado. Source: L. 77: Entire […]
If an inmate sentenced to any state correctional facility resists the authority of any officer or refuses to obey any officer’s lawful commands, it is the duty of such officer immediately to enforce obedience by the use of such weapons or other aid as may be effectual. If in so doing any inmate thus resisting […]
It is the duty of all the officers and other citizens of the state, by every means in their power, to suppress any insurrection among the inmates sentenced to any correctional facilities under the supervision of the executive director and to prevent the escape or rescue of any such inmate therefrom, or from any other […]
The following persons are authorized to visit any correctional facilities under the supervision of the executive director at pleasure: The governor and the judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, and district courts. No other persons shall be permitted to go within a correctional facility where inmates are confined, except as otherwise provided under […]
Each correctional facility is encouraged to donate apparently wholesome food to one or more local nonprofit organizations for distribution to needy or poor individuals. Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (SB 20-090), ch. 127, p. 549, § 2, effective September 14.
