Posted inCrime and Courts Governor’s office tells Colorado lawmakers the state needs to immediately open a new prison — possibly two by Jesse Paul and Taylor Dolven 9:37 AM MDT on Mar 19, 202612:04 PM MDT on Mar 19, 2026 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inCrime and Courts State budget writers reject request to fund more prison beds in Colorado by Bente Birkeland, Colorado Public Radio 6:06 PM MST on Jan 21, 20266:26 PM MST on Jan 21, 2026 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inPolitics and Government Colorado’s prisons and jails are overflowing. What’s being done to address it? by Kyle McKinnon 3:30 AM MDT on Oct 13, 202512:54 PM MDT on Oct 13, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inArts Terry Nichols and other inmates at Colorado’s notorious Supermax prison are making — and selling — art by Sue McMillin 4:04 AM MDT on Aug 12, 20253:07 PM MDT on Aug 12, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inCrime and Courts Solitary confinement intensifies problems for incarcerated people. It also changes the Colorado therapists who send them there. by Tatiana Flowers 4:29 AM MDT on May 30, 20237:58 AM MDT on May 30, 2023 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inCartoons “What’d I Miss?”: Ticket to trouble by R. Alan Brooks and Cori Redford 2:10 AM MDT on Mar 31, 2023 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inPolitics and Government Colorado governor commutes 4 inmates’ sentences, pardons 20 people, including state trooper who guarded Capitol by Jesse Paul and Sandra Fish 5:44 PM MST on Dec 22, 20228:37 AM MST on Dec 23, 2022 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inNews To keep people from returning to jail, Mesa County follows other communities’ reentry roadmap by Sharon Sullivan 3:33 AM MST on Nov 8, 2022 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inSunLit Interviews DU’s Prison Arts Initiative navigated COVID to create “Tell It Slant” by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Oct 16, 20224:28 PM MST on Nov 30, 2022 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inBook Excerpts “Tell It Slant” drew on creative nonfiction from incarcerated writers by Brett Phillips 2:05 AM MDT on Oct 16, 2022 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
