Criminal Justice
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NEW:
The General Assembly's Legislative Council Staff has just released an update of its annual report, An Overview of the Adult Criminal Justice System.
Click here to download the report.
The criminal justice report provides an overview of Colorado's criminal justice system and includes information and data for the following areas:
- Felony and misdemeanor penalties
- Colorado's adult sentencing laws
- Colorado's adult offender population
- Crime and criminal history characteristics of offenders in Colorado prisons
- Ten-year history of state correctional facilities, population, and funding
- Parole policies and populations in Colorado
Did You Know...
- Taxpayers paid an average of $22,218 for each prisoner incarcerated in Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2002 (excluding repair, maintenance, capital construction, courts & law enforcement)?
- Taxpayers paid an average of $77.31 per day per prisoner incarcerated in DOC in 2002?
- From 1980 to 2004 operating budget for DOC increased over 1500%?
- From 1980 to 2003 population of Colorado increased by 59%; prison population increased 528%?
- Colorado has opened 12 new prisons from 1990 – present?
- Colorado added 4 new private prisons from 1990 – present?
- Colorado spent $469,771,508 on operating budget alone for Colorado prisons in 2003 – 2004?
- $0 was allocated for new construction in 2003 – 2004?
- $0 allocated for repair and maintenance for past 2 years?
- 75% of youth crime occurs between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM?
- CO ranks 22nd in # of Police and Fire Employees Per 10,000 Residents?
- CO ranks 30th in Violent Crime Rate Per 100,000 Population?
- CO ranks 20th in Property Crime Rate Per 100,000 Population?
- CO ranks 11th in State Correctional Spending Per Capita?
- CO has 18th Highest Incarceration Rate (Inmates Per 100,000 Residents)
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