Prison

Local News

Durango man who killed his brother gets more prison time for pistol-whipping

Gallegos fled to Grand Junction after assault at End-O-Day Motel

September 17, 2021

Regional News

Another potential delay to Colorado’s redistricting process? Counting prisoners.

law prevents counties with prison-inflated populations from gaining political representation

May 6, 2021

Local News

Colorado courts may be forced to hold bond hearings within 48 hours of arrests

Proposed law comes with added costs, but proponents say it’s necessary

April 28, 2021

Local News

Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks

Lawmakers want transparency into costs paid by families, inmates

April 18, 2021

New Mexico

San Juan County announces new COVID-19 cases among offices, detention center

reports 56 detainees with virus

December 15, 2020

Local News

Durango burglar chooses prison over halfway house

Nolan went on trespassing spree in summer 2019

December 11, 2020

Local News

Durango man accused of New Mexico murder is sentenced in La Plata County

Michael Iain Greer, 28, will serve three years in prison

July 15, 2020

Local News

Durango woman who ran over cousin sentenced to prison

Katrina Baker, 28, blames alcohol for bad decisions

December 19, 2019

Regional News

Court sides with Colorado supermax prison in censorship case

The three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected an argument by the magazine’s publisher,…

December 15, 2019

Regional News

Polis calls for re-opening Cañon City prison as back-up to reform measures

is to make facility an intake center to help expand treatment

February 1, 2019

Regional News

Lawmakers eye drug sentencing reforms to ease projected prison population growth

with drug charges make up the largest share of new admissions to prison

January 1, 2019

Regional News

Writing program helps inmates behind bars find their voice

Rachel Martinez tells the Albuquerque Journal that her life has been a cycle of drug abuse and incarceration from a…

August 25, 2018

Local News

Inmates face variety of fees while behind bars

for phone calls, clothing, hygiene products can add up quickly

August 11, 2018

Regional News

Patchwork health care for reservation inmates raises concern

Hundreds of miles away, a diabetic man jailed on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming needed insulin, yet government…

March 31, 2018

Regional News

Hundreds of New Mexico inmates held past parole date

She had learned inside a New Mexico prison that tracking time only added to the anxiety of serving a two-year…

January 28, 2018

Regional News

AG plans to fight $1.9M claim for overturned conviction

Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said Friday that Clarence Moses-EL’s case may not meet the requirements of Colorado’s Exoneration Act because…

January 28, 2018

Local News

Rural Colorado counties spending hundreds of thousands on jail overflow

Archuleta County expects costs will top $250,000 in 2017

July 17, 2017

Food

Chicago inmates can order fancy Italian pizza made in jail

Inmates in the jail’s medium-security Division 11 can now order pizzas made with the finest ingredients in the kind of…

May 29, 2017

Regional News

Lawmakers call for clemency for inmate released 90 years early

Rene Lima-Marin was sent back to prison after being mistakenly released 90 years early. Colorado’s House of Representatives unanimously endorsed…

April 23, 2017

Local News

Are too many of our young people going to prison?

Student activists fighting for more education, less incarceration

March 3, 2017

Local News

Judge knocks 2 years off former exterminator’s 21-year prison sentence

stole thousands from customers’ homes over 30 years

January 19, 2017

Regional News

Colorado inmate freed early, jailed again asks for release

started family after he was mistakenly freed from prison

December 21, 2016

Regional News

Colorado’s inmate population is growing

Tougher DUI law leads to spike

December 20, 2016

Nation & World

Obama administration to phase out, end private prison use

found more safety violations at private facilities

August 18, 2016