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

A Denver judge last week ruled the Colorado Department of Corrections violated the state’s ban on involuntary servitude ...

The state’s prisons unconstitutionally coerced prison labor by levying severe punishments — including solitary confinement — against prisoners who refused to work, Denver District Court Judge ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Colorado prisons are violating the constitutional rights of the state’s adult inmates and youth ...

Colorado’s prison system is on track to exceed capacity within the next year, driven by a sharp slowdown in parole releases, staffing shortages and an aging inmate population — all as lawmakers ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The state of Colorado continues to be under the microscope of the Department of Justice. The DOJ announced it is now investigating the Department of Corrections and the Department of ...

More than a year after 9NEWS started to find errors in parolee risk scores, Colorado's DOC is vowing to retrain staff and ...

The Colorado Department of Corrections evacuated all 179 incarcerated individuals from the Rifle Correctional Center Sunday due to the rapidly growing Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County, according to a ...

Former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter's funeral home, Davis Mortuary, was paid more than $50,000 by the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) to cremate inmate remains. CDOC's contract with ...

The family of Magnus White received a letter from the Colorado Department of Corrections this week informing them that the woman who struck and killed their son could be transferred from state prison ...

Austin Hockenberry, 29, was arrested in late August for allegedly threatening his wife with a gun during a child exchange. Hockenberry entered a plea deal that had him plea guilty to the threats on ...

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 ...