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All state prison visitations suspended

2 Colorado inmates dead, 1 injured; all state prison visitations suspended

The Colorado Department of Corrections suspended visitations at all facilities statewide Sunday after two inmates were killed and another injured in an incident late Saturday in southern Colorado.

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2 dead in Colorado prison ‘incident’ that shut down statewide DOC visitation Sunday

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2 inmates killed, 1 injured in ‘incident’ at Colorado prison

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2 dead after ‘incident’ at Colorado prison that shut down statewide DOC visitation

Visitation to all Colorado Department of Corrections facilities is suspended Sunday after “an isolated incident” at a facility in which two people died, according to a department spokesperson.

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Colorado Department of Corrections lifts visitation restrictions at facilities except for Bent County

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2 people dead in incident at Bent County Correctional Facility; statewide visitation suspended

Bills to address Colorado prison overcrowding become law with governor’s signature

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Colorado voted to end forced prison labor in 2018 – so why are incarcerated people in the state still working for less than $2 an hour?

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KSAT

Former Colorado clerk will remain in state prison after a federal judge rejects her bid for freedom

FILE - Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) (David ...

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Tina Peters has been released from prison in Colorado after serving time for voting machine tampering

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters has been released from the southern Colorado prison she was in, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections.

The Gazette

Democratic lawmakers target Colorado’s stalled prison population plan

Colorado’s prison population plan was designed to prevent overcrowding. Instead, eight months after it was triggered, the system remains strained and largely ineffective, prompting two Democratic lawmakers to push for changes through new legislation.