Colorado § 17-25-103 - Placement limitations.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 17-25-103 — Placement limitations., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-25-103. Placement limitations.
No adult felony violent or sex offender shall be placed by the department in a minimum security facility located in any county without first having been placed in at least one more restrictive setting for not less than six months. Said six-month time period shall include any time spent by the inmate in any diagnostic unit operated by the department. The six-month requirement may be waived only with the approval of the executive director.
Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 935, § 10, effective August 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 848, § 45, effective May 24.
ARTICLE 26
Jails
PART 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
17-26-101. Jail in each county.
17-26-101.5. Jail operated by city.
17-26-102. Keeper of jail - expenses.
17-26-103. Duties of keeper.
17-26-103.5. Strip searches in jails - definitions - repeal.
17-26-104. Feeding prisoners.
17-26-104.3. Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody - definitions.
17-26-104.4. Incarceration of a person with the capacity for pregnancy - report - definition.
17-26-104.5. Medical visits - charge to persons in custody - provider charges - state hospital in Pueblo.
17-26-104.7. Prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant persons in custody.
17-26-104.9. Opioid treatment for a person in custody - definitions.
17-26-105. Separation of prisoners.
17-26-106. Male and female prisoners.
17-26-107. Prisoners to work - work outside of jail - expenses.
17-26-108. County to support spouse - when.
17-26-109. Deductions of time - record keeping - forfeitures - definition.
17-26-110. Forfeiture of good time. (Repealed)
17-26-110.5. Restriction of privileges because of lawsuit filed without justification. (Repealed)
17-26-111. Separate sentences continuous.
17-26-112. Sheriff to keep record. (Repealed)
17-26-113. Prisoners to work. (Repealed)
17-26-114. Work on highways - expenses. (Repealed)
17-26-115. Trusty prisoners - good time. (Repealed)
17-26-116. Commitment - copy to sheriff - return endorsed.
17-26-117. Commitment box - successor.
17-26-118. Criminal justice data collection - definitions.
17-26-118.5. Prevention of erroneous payments to prisoners - identifying information reporting system.
17-26-119. Jail in another county - costs.
17-26-120. Keeping of fugitives - charges.
17-26-121. Juveniles - confinement - when.
17-26-122. Guards - compensation.
17-26-123. Federal prisoners - expense.
17-26-124. Charges for foreign prisoners.
17-26-125. Account of moneys - report.
17-26-126. Commissioners to examine jail.
17-26-126.5. Council members to examine city jail.
17-26-127. Escape - duty of sheriff - expenses.
17-26-128. Employment of county prisoners. (Repealed)
17-26-129. Applicability of provisions.
17-26-130. Jail - pilot project authorized. (Repealed)
17-26-131. Joint jail commission authorized. (Repealed)
17-26-132. Joint jail commission - powers and duties. (Repealed)
17-26-133. Contract provisions - approval by the division of criminal justice. (Repealed)
17-26-134. Jail inspection. (Repealed)
17-26-135. Project shall comply with provisions pertaining to intergovernmental relationships. (Repealed)
17-26-136. Termination of pilot project. (Repealed)
17-26-137. County jail assistance fund - repeal. (Repealed)
17-26-138. Benefits assistance - legislative declaration - demonstration grant program - repeal. (Repealed)
17-26-139. County jail identification processing unit - personnel authority - repeal. (Repealed)
17-26-140. Continuity of care for persons released from jail - definition.
17-26-141. Access to jail video recordings showing prisoner nudity - when authorized - definitions.
17-26-142. Sexual assault prevention program - required policies and procedures - audit required - definitions.
17-26-143. Retaliation against whistleblower jail staff prohibited - private right of action - exemptions - procedures - definitions.
PART 2
REIMBURSEMENT OF COST OF CARE BY INMATES TO COUNTIES
17-26-201 to
17-26-208. (Repealed)
PART 3
RESTRICTIVE HOUSING IN JAILS
17-26-301. Legislative declaration.
17-26-302. Definitions.
17-26-303. Placement in restrictive housing in a local jail.
17-26-304. Screening in jails.
PART 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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