Colorado § 17-29-101 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 17-29-101 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 17-29-101

Title 17Corrections

Art.Physical Labor by Inmates

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-29-101 (2026).

Text

The general assembly finds and declares
that the people of this state benefit from an inmate rehabilitation and work program
that promotes that person's successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration
into the community; that the executive director has custody over inmates who could
benefit from such a program; that such a program provides work skills and instills a
work ethic in inmates, thereby facilitating their readjustment to society. To these
ends, it is the purpose of this article 29 to create within the department internal and
external rehabilitation and work programs for inmates sentenced to the
department. The executive director or the executive director's designee may
appoint facility wardens, responsible for the administration of correctional
facilities, to perf

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The general assembly finds and declares
that the people of this state benefit from an inmate rehabilitation and work program
that promotes that person's successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration
into the community; that the executive director has custody over inmates who could
benefit from such a program; that such a program provides work skills and instills a
work ethic in inmates, thereby facilitating their readjustment to society. To these
ends, it is the purpose of this article 29 to create within the department internal and
external rehabilitation and work programs for inmates sentenced to the
department. The executive director or the executive director's designee may
appoint facility wardens, responsible for the administration of correctional
facilities, to perform the duties and functions set forth in this article 29.

Legislative History

Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 965, � 1, effective June 10. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 28, � 5, effective March 20. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 848, � 46, effective May 24. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (SB 22-050), ch. 51, p. 246, � 12, effective March 30.