Colorado § 17-1-206.5 - Preparole release and revocation facility - community return-to-custody facility.
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§ 17-1-206.5. Preparole release and revocation facility - community return-to-custody facility.
(1) On or before December 1, 2001, the department shall issue a request for proposal for the construction and operation of a private contract prison to serve as a preparole and revocation center, that shall be a level III facility, as described in section 17-1-104.3 (1)(a)(III).
(2) The prison described in subsection (1) of this section shall contain at least three hundred beds and incarcerate any of the following:
(a) Inmates who have not been convicted of a crime of violence as defined in section 18-1.3-406, C.R.S., and who have no more than nineteen months remaining until such inmate's parole eligibility date;
(b) Inmates who have been convicted of a crime of violence as defined in section 18-1.3-406, C.R.S., and who have no more than nine months remaining until such inmate's parole eligibility date; or
(c) Offenders whose parole has been revoked; except that such incarceration shall be for no more than ninety days.
(3) Repealed.
Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 501, § 1, effective May 16. L. 2002: (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, p. 1499, § 157, effective October 1. L. 2003: (3) added, p. 2679, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2017: (2)(c) amended and (3) repealed, (HB 17-1326), ch. 394, p. 2029, § 3, effective August 9. L. 2019: (1) amended, (SB 19-143), ch. 286, p. 2660, § 7, effective May 28.
Editor's note: The provisions of this section as enacted by House Bill 01-1370 were renumbered on revision to conform to statutory format.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002. For the legislative declaration in HB 17-1326, see section 1 of chapter 394, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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