What is Community Corrections?
In 1976, the Colorado legislature authorized the state funding of Community Corrections as an alternative to prison. Referred to as Senate Bill IV (CRS 17-27-101), this statute encouraged the judicial system to divert convicted offenders away from the Department of Corrections to residential and non-residential community corrections programs. Community Corrections is designed to promote and protect public safety while successfully integrating offenders back into the community. Offenders are either diverted from prison or in transition from prison to the community. The two halfway houses in Boulder County provide residential services as a bridge between incarceration and return to the community. Felony offenders referred for placement are carefully screened for appropriateness by a local board, known as the Community Corrections Board. This board is appointed by the Boulder County Commissioners. Its membership includes local criminal justice system public servants and community resident
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