Colorado § 17-31-101 - Legislative declaration.
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§ 17-31-101. Legislative declaration.
The general assembly hereby finds it necessary to provide for and encourage the implementation of programs within the state's correctional facilities, the probation division of the judicial department, the parole division within the department of corrections, the division of youth services within the department of human services, and the department of public safety that enable volunteers to effectively assist with the rehabilitation and transition of adult and juvenile offenders. The general assembly encourages the maximum use of volunteers to complement the regular staffs of such adult corrections, parole, probation, and juvenile services divisions and encourages volunteers to participate in existing programs for adult and juvenile offenders in those divisions. The general assembly finds that such volunteers should be allowed, where practical and within the safety and security requirements of the applicable institution or program, to meet with and freely communicate with offenders to assist with the rehabilitation and transition of such offenders, in order to establish support groups and systems outside of the correctional facility.
Source: L. 90: Entire article added, p. 980, § 1, effective May 14. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2653, § 132, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1104, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1329), ch. 381, p. 1970, § 18, effective June 6.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
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