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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then-Mesa County Clerk and Colorado secretary of state candidate Tina Peters attends the Western Conservative Summit in Aurora on ...

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 ...

RIFLE, Colo. (KOAA) — The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has announced that they are evacuating all 179 inmates from the Rifle Correctional Center as a direct result of the Lee Fire in Rio ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Denver judge is considering whether prison labor in Colorado constitutes involuntary servitude during a nine-day civil trial that began Tuesday. The case ...

DENVER — For the first time since 9NEWS exposed a systemic flaw within the state’s ability to properly assess the risk levels of all its parolees, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) admits ...

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 ...

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 ...