Colorado Statutes
§ 17-29-101 — Legislative declaration
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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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.
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
Correctional facility employees - rules