Colorado Statutes
§ 17-20-123 — Insurrection - duty of citizens
Colorado § 17-20-123
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Bluebook
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-20-123 (2026).
Text
It is the duty of all the officers
and other citizens of the state, by every means in their power, to suppress any
insurrection among the inmates sentenced to any correctional facilities under the
supervision of the executive director and to prevent the escape or rescue of any
such inmate therefrom, or from any other legal confinement, or from any person in
whose legal custody such inmate may be. If, in so doing or in arresting any inmate
who may have escaped, such officer or other person wounds or kills such inmate or
other person aiding or assisting such inmate, such officer or other person shall be
justified and held guiltless; but such officer or other person shall not be excused for
using greater force than the emergency of the case demands.
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Legislative History
Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 922, � 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire
section amended, p. 696, � 54, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 51,
� 10, effective July 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 17-1-102
Definitions§ 17-1-103
Duties of the executive director§ 17-1-103.3
Reports for budgeting - definition§ 17-1-105
Powers of executive director§ 17-1-105.1
Accreditation of private contract prisons§ 17-1-105.5
Contract rates§ 17-1-108
Transfer of inmates§ 17-1-109
Duties and functions of the warden§ 17-1-109.5
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