A Colorado prison inmate died after coming to another inmate's defense during a March 2023 brawl that erupted during what prison officials believed to be a drinking party. Now, three inmates ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced its intent to seek the maximum penalty against 56-year-old Ishmael Petty should its prosecutors succeed in convicting him of murdering a second fellow inmate.

After creating aspirational standards for sex offender rehabilitation, Colorado has systematically failed to provide the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Weld County Sheriff’s Office, alongside 16 other sheriffs in Colorado, wrote to Gov. Jared Polis calling for a resolution to the Colorado Department of Corrections’ inmate transfer ...

The Trump administration is canceling a longtime partnership with the state of Colorado that uses prison inmates to train wild horses removed from federal rangelands to make the animals more suitable ...

In 2022, a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Colorado prisoners argued that Amendment A, a successful 2018 ballot measure that eliminated a provision in the Colorado ...

A coalition of 17 county sheriffs urged Gov. Jared Polis to resolve the Department of Corrections’ backlog in inmate transfers and increase what the local officials described as the state’s inadequate ...

Looks like Colorado’s corrections system is about to get more beds to accommodate an uptick in its prison population. The extra accommodations are overdue. So is the state’s newfound willingness to ...

RIFLE, Colo. — Nearly 180 inmates were being evacuated from a Colorado prison, officials announced Saturday evening, as the Lee Fire continues to advance south. The Colorado Department of Corrections ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than 8,000 inmates in Colorado prisons will have free computer tablets by the end of the year. KDVR in Denver reports that the pilot program is aimed at reducing tension ...

The Denver County Court is housed in the City and County Building on the west end of Civic Center Park. The Beaux-Arts Neoclassical building designed by the 39 members of the Allied Architects ...

Jennifer McRae is a digital media producer for CBS Colorado with more than 25 years of experience in news. Jennifer is part of the digital team recognized for excellence for Best Website several times ...