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| Plan to change state parole system nixed |
| By coloradoan.com- Nick Coltrain |
| Published: 01/25/2016 |
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A state task force's plan to drastically reform how parole is handled in Colorado won’t see the halls of the General Assembly this session after it was effectively scuttled in December. The task force of the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice spent six months working on a proposal proponents say would shift the focus of the state's parole system from punishment of offenders to re-integrating prisoners back into society. But push-back from Community Corrections officials, who argued that the change would lead to higher recidivism, led to the proposal being tabled for 90 days in December. Doug Wilson, the state's public defender and chairman of the commission subcommittee, said that delay effectively killed the proposal's chances of reaching the Colorado Legislature this session. The proposal has no scheduled time to be re-heard by the CCJJ as a whole, he said. Wilson said the goal of the reforms is to better align resources with parolees who need them most, while giving both convicts and victims a more concrete timeline for release. That would also potentially save the state millions of dollars by reducing the number of people on parole, with some of the savings earmarked for community-based victim advocate groups and re-integration efforts for offenders. Read More. |
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