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Sentencing in the Criminal Justice System Interim Study
Committee. The bill repeals the provision that requires a court to sentence a person who has been convicted of 2 prior felonies...
Under current law, a person is required to register as a sex offender (registrant) in Colorado if he or she is a Colorado resident and is required to register in another state. The bill states that a...
Sentencing in the Criminal Justice System Interim Study
Committee. Currently, a court is required to sentence certain sex offenders to an indeterminate sentence that is a maximum of the...
Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment
of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems. In 2017, the general assembly enacted a...
The bill states that if the department of corrections (department) relocates an inmate for incarceration or contracts with another state for the incarceration of an inmate in a penal institution in another...
Current law provides 2 definitions by which an offender in the custody of the department of corrections (department) may be considered a special needs offender. The first definition describes a person who...