Colorado Department of Corrections

Parole Board Director Being Replaced

The Chairman of the State Board of Parole is being replaced in that role and will be taking a $6,000 per year pay cut, but the move is apparently not related to issues with Evan Ebel or a number of other parole board decisions that have been highlighted in CBS4′s “Justice Failed” reports.

2013/06/12

Hearing Set For Saudi Man Convicted Of Slavery

A Saudi national serving eight years to life in prison in Colorado after being convicted in 2006 of sexually assaulting a housekeeper and keeping her a virtual slave for four years has been ordered to attend a parole hearing on Tuesday.

2013/05/23

Audit: Errors In 100s Of Colorado Prison Sentences

Hundreds of Colorado criminals were apparently given erroneous prison sentences, and judges and corrections officials across the state are scrambling to keep them from getting out early.

2013/05/14

Nathan Dunlap (credit: Colorado Governor's Office)

Nathan Dunlap Expresses Regret In Petition DVD For Gov. Hickenlooper

A man convicted of ambushing and killing four employees at a Colorado pizza restaurant in 1993 had undiagnosed bipolar disorder at the time and should not be executed, his lawyers argued Monday.

2013/05/06

Nathan Dunlap in court on May 1 (credit: Denver Post)

Governor Asked To Spare Life Of Convicted Killer

A man convicted of ambushing and killing four employees at a Colorado pizza restaurant in 1993 had undiagnosed bipolar disorder at the time and should not be executed, his lawyers argued Monday.

2013/05/06

Clements’ Murder Suspect Practiced Controversial Religion In Prison

New documents released by the Colorado Department of Corrections show the man believed to have killed Colorado Prison Chief Tom Clements practiced a controversial form of religion behind bars.

2013/05/02

Evan Ebel (credit: Department of Corrections)

Ebel’s Prison Complaints Show An Angry Inmate

The investigation into the slaying of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements continues, and as investigators continue to pursue all angles they are looking at complaints made by suspect Evan Ebel while he was behind bars.

2013/05/02

Inmate Released Early From Jail By Mistake

An inmate is free after being released from jail early. But it’s all a mistake and now authorities are looking for him.

2013/04/26

Inmate Dies In Canon City, Details Not Released

The Colorado Department of Corrections is confirming the death of an inmate at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility in Canon City.

2013/04/25

Roger Werholtz (credit: State of Colorado)

Colorado Names Interim Prisons Chief After Clements Murder

Colorado has tapped a retired prisons chief from Kansas to lead the Department of Corrections on an interim basis after last month’s killing of prisons chief Tom Clements.

2013/04/16