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CCJRC Publications

Getting On After Getting Out: A ReEntry Guide for Colorado
This 200 page book provides extensive information to help people prepare for release and successfully reintegrate back into their families and communities. This publication is helpful for people involved in the criminal justice system, their families, community service providers and criminal justice professionals.

Click to order or browse the table of contents (106k PDF).

 

Fact Sheets

Colorado Prison Facts 2006 (388k PDF)

Colorado Prison Quick Facts (189k PDF)

 

Survey on Drug Policy

Survey on Drug Abuse and Drug Policy Summary of Results (120k PDF)

 

My Name is Bob
The story of a man who is released from prison, homeless in Denver, Colorado

Printable version (85k PDF) Booklet version (889k PDF)

 

Parenting from Prison

Parenting from Prison (2.6mb PDF)

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Private Prison and Public Money

Private Prisons and Public Money Hidden Costs Borne by Colorado's Taxpayers (102k PDF)

 

Legislative Handbook

Incarceration and Correctional Spending in Colorado (169k PDF)

 

Policy Positions
Two letters CCJRC submitted to Governor Ritter on January 25, 2007 outlining suggestions for reducing growth in the prison population.

Cover Letter (65k PDF) Full Letter (162k PDF)







90% of women in prison were assessed to be in need of substance abuse treatment.



The odds of a male born in 2001 going to prison during his lifetime are: 1 in 3 for African Americans, 1 in 6 for Latinos, and 1 in 17 for Caucasians.



The United States incarcerates more people for drug offenses, than the European Union does for all offenses combined.



The DOC projects that by 2008, 1 out of 5 people in Colorado prisons will suffer from a serious mental illness.