Colorado § 17-26-104 - Feeding prisoners.
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§ 17-26-104. Feeding prisoners.
The sheriff of each county shall feed all the prisoners kept in confinement by him with good and sufficient food. The board of county commissioners of such county, at the expense of the county, shall furnish to such sheriff all the groceries, supplies, utensils, equipment, and assistants he requires to perform his duty of properly feeding such prisoners and shall also pay all the costs and expenses incurred therein.
Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 936, § 10, effective August 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-26-104 as it existed prior to 1977.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 17-26-104 is identical to repealed § 27-26-104, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.
Violation of this section by failing to provide prisoners in isolation with food, while at the same time complying with this section by feeding other prisoners, is not a denial of equal protection of the law. Denial of equal protection of the laws involves more than discrimination or unequal treatment. Ruark v. Schooley, 211 F. Supp. 921 (D. Colo. 1962).
The fact that officials, while acting under color of state law, may violate this section, is not a basis for an action under federal civil rights act, unless the violations result in a deprivation of some right which the plaintiffs have under the federal constitution and laws. Ruark v. Schooley, 211 F. Supp. 921 (D. Colo. 1962).
Applied in Tihonovich v. Williams, 196 Colo. 144, 582 P.2d 1051 (1978).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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