There shall be maintained in each county in this state, at the expense of the county, a county jail for the detention, safekeeping, and confinement of persons and prisoners lawfully committed. Nothing in this article shall be construed to compel the erection of jails in counties having a population of less than two thousand or […]
The sheriff of the county, in person or by deputy appointed for that purpose, shall be the keeper of the county jail. He shall be responsible for the manner in which the same is kept. He shall see that the same is kept clean, safe, and wholesome. The expenses of keeping the jail in good […]
The keepers of the several county jails and adult detention centers in this state shall receive and safely keep every person duly committed or placed pursuant to section 16-11-308.5, C.R.S., to such jail or adult detention center for safekeeping, examination, or trial or duly sentenced to imprisonment in such jail or adult detention center upon […]
The sheriff of each county shall feed all the prisoners kept in confinement by him with good and sufficient food. The board of county commissioners of such county, at the expense of the county, shall furnish to such sheriff all the groceries, supplies, utensils, equipment, and assistants he requires to perform his duty of properly […]
A facility, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, whether operated by a governmental entity or a private contractor, shall provide whichever menstrual hygiene products are requested by a person in custody to the person in custody at no expense to the person in custody. The facility shall not impose any condition or restriction […]
A facility incarcerating a person who is capable of pregnancy, whether operated by a governmental entity or a private contractor, shall: Train the facility’s staff to ensure that a pregnant person receives safe and respectful treatment; Develop administrative policies to ensure a trauma-informed standard of care is integrated with current practices to promote the health […]
A county jail may assess a medical treatment charge against any person who receives while being held in custody medical treatment performed by a physician, dentist, nurse, or licensed hospital or as a result of a sick call or for whom a prescription is filled. The county jail may assess any such medical treatment charge […]
The staff of a county jail, in restraining a woman who is committed, detained, or confined to the county jail, shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary to ensure safety if the staff of the county jail have actual knowledge or a reasonable belief that the woman is pregnant. The requirement that staff use the […]
A facility, whether operated by a governmental entity or private contractor, may make available opioid agonists and opioid antagonists to a person in custody with an opioid use disorder. The facility is strongly encouraged to maintain the treatment of the person throughout the duration of the person’s incarceration, as medically necessary. Qualified medication administration personnel […]
Persons committed on criminal process and detained for trial and persons committed for contempt or upon civil process shall be kept in rooms separate and distinct from those in which prisoners convicted and under sentence are confined. This section shall not apply to any county whose jail does not have sufficient room for such separate […]
Male and female prisoners, except husband and wife, shall not be put or kept in the same room. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 936, § 10, effective August 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 27-26-106 as it existed prior to 1977.
When any able-bodied prisoner is confined in the county jail of any county or city and county, having been convicted of a misdemeanor or of the violation of a municipal ordinance and being confined in punishment therefor, the sheriff of such county or the person having the duties of a sheriff of such city and […]
When any able-bodied person is confined in the county jail, having been convicted of the nonsupport of his or her spouse or minor children, the county shall pay toward the support of such spouse or minor children not less than fifty cents nor more than one dollar per day for each day such person so […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (1) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Every person who is sentenced to and imprisoned in any county jail of this state or sentenced to pay a fine and costs or either or all thereof and who performs faithfully the duties assigned to him […]
For the purpose of section 17-26-109, when any such persons confined in the county jail are sentenced under several convictions, with separate sentences, they shall be construed as one continuous sentence. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 937, § 10, effective August 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1015), ch. 71, p. 224, […]
When a prisoner is committed to any jail by virtue of any process which the sheriff is required to return to the court from which it issued, it is the duty of the court, clerk, or officer issuing such process to issue the same in duplicate, and the sheriff shall keep one copy of the […]
All instruments of every kind, or attested copies thereof duly certified, by which any person is committed to or liberated from the county jail shall be regularly endorsed and filed and kept in a suitable box in the jail by the sheriff, or by his deputy acting as jailer, and such box, together with its […]
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Average daily population” means the number of confined inmates each day for a year, divided by the number of days in the year. “Case disposition” means the final judgment, adjudication, adjudication withheld, dismissal, or nolle prosequi of a case. “Confined inmate” means an inmate under […]
In order to eliminate erroneous payments of benefits to persons confined in local jails in the state, county sheriffs, the state department of human services, county departments of human or social services, and the department of labor and employment shall cooperatively develop a system for reporting identifying information about persons confined in local jails for […]
When there is no sufficient jail in any county wherein any criminal offense has been committed, any county or district judge, upon application of the sheriff, may order any person charged with any criminal offense and ordered to be committed to jail to be sent to the jail of the county nearest having a sufficient […]
