Colorado § 17-22.5-402 Discharge from custody

Colorado Statutes

§ 17-22.5-402 — Discharge from custody

Colorado § 17-22.5-402

Title 17Corrections

Art.Inmate and Parole Time Computation

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-22.5-402 (2026).

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(1)No inmate shall be discharged from the department until he has remained the full term for which he was sentenced, to be computed on and after the date upon which the sentence becomes effective and excluding any time the inmate may have been at large by reason of escape therefrom, unless he is pardoned or otherwise released by legal authority.

(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the full term for which an inmate is sentenced shall be reduced by any earned release time and earned time granted pursuant to section 17-22.5-405, except as provided in section 17-22.5-403

(3)and (3.5).

(3)This part 4 shall not apply to any offender to whom section 17-22.5-104

(2)(a), (2)(b), (2)(c), (2)(d)(I), (2)(d)(II), or (2)(d)(III) applies.

(4)A person discharged from a corre

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(1) No inmate shall be discharged
from the department until he has remained the full term for which he was
sentenced, to be computed on and after the date upon which the sentence becomes
effective and excluding any time the inmate may have been at large by reason of
escape therefrom, unless he is pardoned or otherwise released by legal authority.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the full term for which an
inmate is sentenced shall be reduced by any earned release time and earned time
granted pursuant to section 17-22.5-405, except as provided in section 17-22.5-403
(3) and (3.5).

(3) This part 4 shall not apply to any offender to whom section 17-22.5-104
(2)(a), (2)(b), (2)(c), (2)(d)(I), (2)(d)(II), or (2)(d)(III) applies.

(4) A person discharged from a correctional facility without supervision is
eligible to receive reentry support services from the department or community-based organizations that receive funding from the department to provide reentry
services for up to one year after the person's date of discharge.

Legislative History

Source: L. 90: Entire part added, p. 947, � 19, effective June 7. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1741, � 2, effective June 4. L. 2006: (3) amended, p. 1053, � 4, effective May 25. L. 2009: (2) amended, (HB 09-1351), ch. 359, p. 1867, � 2, effective June 1. L. 2019: (4) added, (SB 19-143), ch. 286, p. 2659, � 5, effective May 28.