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.

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Fact Sheets

Colorado Prison Quick Facts 2010 (70k PDF)

Colorado Prison Quick Facts 2009 (65k PDF)

Colorado Prison Quick Facts 2008 (189k PDF)

Colorado Prison Facts 2006 (388k PDF)

Employment-Related Programs

Employment-Related Programs in Colorado's Prisons (1.1mb PDF)

Correctional and Sentencing Reform

Correctional and Sentencing Reform for Drug Offenders (608k PDF)

Homelessness and Parole

The Homeless Report (271k PDF)

Medicaid Eligiblity

CCJRC Input to CDHCPF Regarding Medicaid Eligiblity in Community Corrections (262k PDF)

Prisons and Spending Memo

Memo on Prisons and Spending in CO for Long-Term Fiscal Stability Commission (567k 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)

More Info About Parenting from Prison

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
SB 241 CCJRC Position Paper (43k PDF)

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)