Prison

Minorities overrepresented throughout criminal process in Colorado

Black and Latino Coloradans are disproportionately incarcerated, shot by police, arrested and detained as youth, arrested for marijuana, sent back…

May 1, 2016

Regional News

Woman gets 100 years for cutting baby from womb

Lynn does not express remorse at trial

April 30, 2016

Regional News

Prison plays hide-and-seek with ex-polygamist sect leader

Such is the hide-and-seek game authorities play with the self-styled prophet of the breakaway Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of…

March 13, 2016

Regional News

Second of two escaped N.M. inmates arrested

surrenders to police without putting up fight

March 12, 2016

Nation & World

What to do if U.S. begins capturing more suspected terrorists?

In this Feb. 2, 2016 photo, a sign for Camp 6 is posted outside the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo…

February 21, 2016

Local News

Drone legislation crashes in Colorado Legislature

Legislation would have made dropping contraband illegal

January 26, 2016

Regional News

No charges for Denver deputies in inmate’s death

calls decision ‘an outrage’

January 21, 2016

Local News

Sanitation officials blame Cortez sewer problem on Montezuma County inmates’ flushing habits

packages clog system

January 18, 2016

Regional News

Man questioned in Colorado prison chief’s death held after new attack

Guolee faces charges including attempted first-degree murder of a police officer

January 7, 2016

Regional News

Colorado Supreme Court hears case of man freed 90 years early

An attorney for Rene Lima-Marin told the court Thursday that it was cruel and unusual punishment to put him back…

December 10, 2015

Local News

Bayfield sex offender gets 9 years in prison

also sentences man to 12 years of probation

November 30, 2015

Regional News

Cañon City residents mixed on possible Guantanamo transfer

Colorado State Penitentiary II sits vacant inside a larger correctional complex, outside Cañon City, in southern Colorado. Built in 2010…

October 15, 2015

Regional News

Theater shooter held alone in cell

Holmes Holmes is not in maximum security at the Colorado State Penitentiary, but he is more heavily supervised, which is…

September 14, 2015

Nation & World

Frustration builds with the slow process of Guantanamo shutdown

In this Nov. 18, 2008, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, detainees can be seen from a tower overlooking…

September 12, 2015

Local News

Youth-offender system works, sometimes

Program for juvenile felons offers hope, havoc

August 3, 2015

Regional News

Early-released man fights for freedom

Coloradan starts a family while on outside, then sent back behind bars

August 21, 2014

Local News

Machete-wielding man gets four years in prison

After pleading guilty to three counts of felony menacing and a single count of resisting arrest in October, Walter Marquez,…

December 8, 2013