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Below are some recent reports and a list of websites which contain articles, reports and other news of interest.
Reports
Consequences of Conviction
Author: Mark David Evans, Deputy State Public Defender
Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice Report (1.4mb PDF)
JUSTICE STRATEGIES REPORT: Reducing Recidivism: A Review of Effective State Initiatives (310k PDF)
Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice 2008 Annual Report (4.1mb PDF)
2008 Parole Board Performance Audit (117k PDF)
What Works: Effective Recidivism Reduction and Risk-Focused Prevention Programs
Prepared for the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (5mb PDF)
The Vortex: The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties
Author: Justice Policy Institute (880k PDF)
To view the interactive state map, go to www.justicepolicy.org.
HARD HIT: The Growth of the Imprisonment of Women 1977-2004
Author: Women's Prison Association
Caught in the Net: The Impact of Drug Policies on Women and Families
Author: ACLU (1.8mb PDF)
Confronting Confinement
Author: Commission on Safety & Abuse in America's Prisons
(8.1mb PDF)
Prop 36: Improving Lives Delivering Results
Author: Drug Policy Alliance (2.9mb PDF)
Methamphetamine: The Next Big Thing?
Author: The Sentencing Project (944k PDF)
Getting Smart on Crime: Time to Reform Colorado's Drug Offense Sentencing Policies
Author: Independence Institute (460k PDF)
Colorado Department of Corrections Statistical Report 2006
(5.1mb PDF)
Community Corrections in Colorado: A Study of Program Outcomes and Recidivism, FY00-FY04
Author: Colorado Department of Safety, Division of Criminal Justice (388k PDF)
An Assessment of Four Substance Abuse Treatment Programs 2006
Author: Colorado Department of Safety, Division of Criminal Justice (579k PDF)
State Taxpayers Accountability Report (a/k/a STAR Report)
Author: Colorado Treasurer (4.9mb PDF)
Department of Corrections Performance Audit April 2005
Author: Report of the State Auditor (834k PDF)
Barriers to ReEntry, Piton Perspective March 2007
Author: The Piton Foundation (1.1mb PDF)
Links to Research
Bureau of Justice StatisticsCenter of the Study of Violence Prevention
Colorado Department of Corrections
Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Corrections
Colorado Department of Safety, Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Colorado Department of Safety, Division of Criminal Justice
Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons
Drug Policy Alliance
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Family and Corrections Network
H.I.R.E. Network
Justice Policy Institute
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Prison Design Boycott Campaign
Private Corrections Institute
The Sentencing Project
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  Every year, 28% of people who are sent to prison were revoked for a technical violation of parole.  Currently, 45 people a day are admitted to prison in Colorado.  The Dept of Corrections budget is $703 million, up from $70 million in 1985.  The state paid private prisons over $90 million this year to house 5,000 state prisoners.  90% of women in prison were assessed to be in need of substance abuse treatment.  Colorado prison population has grown 604% since 1980, while the population of the state grew 59%.  1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men sent to prison were convicted of a drug offense. |
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