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• Questions about sudden closure of Pueblo halfway house

  May 3, 2013 8:28 PM

  PUEBLO - Using trash bags and cardboard boxes, around 60 men living at Pueblo's Community Corrections Services Incorporated packed up their belongings Friday morning and moved to another facility to serve out their time. "All they did was gave them a bags and said pack up, yous are leaving,"... more »

• Corrections director remembered for his reforms

  March 21, 2013 6:09 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - His colleagues called him a visionary leader. Slain Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements introduced a number of reforms during his two years in charge of the state prison system. Clements presided over an era of declining inmate populations and championed ideas to keep the population... more »

• Search continues for gunman who shot and killed Tom Clements Play Video

  March 21, 2013 1:23 AM

  More than 24 hours into the investigation and detectives with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office have not identified a suspect in the shooting death of Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements While detectives continue their search for a gunman, friends and colleagues are left mourning. ... more »

• Inmate identified in deadly dump truck incident

  March 11, 2013 7:51 PM

  CANON CITY - The Colorado Department of Corrections has identified the inmate worker who died this morning while working on a hydraulic dump truck. George Kronsbein, 55, was working at the East Canon Complex DOC Fleet Service Station when he died. Kronsbein was incarcerated on March 1, 2011 as... more »

• Police: Prison worker says he drank before crash

  August 14, 2011 8:53 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Police say a Colorado Department of Corrections employee told them he was drinking and taking painkillers hours before a car crash involving a family of three in Aurora. Aurora police spokesman Lt. Chuck DeShazer says 38-year-old Jason Ulrich could be charged with vehicular assault if alcohol... more »

• State to release predator to Pueblo streets

  June 6, 2011 11:23 AM

  The Pueblo Police Department announced Monday that a sexually violent predator set to be released from prison will be listed as homeless. However, a detective with the department's sex offender unit says that Emmanuel Bitsuie, 25, will be monitored with a GPS tracking system. Bitsuie is being released from... more »

• Pueblo law enforcement running for the Special Olympics

  May 23, 2011 2:15 PM

  Pueblo, CO May 25, 2011 - Law enforcement officers from the Pueblo Police Department, Pueblo County Sheriff's Department, Colorado Department of Corrections, and the Colorado State Patrol are expected to carry the Special Olympics Colorado torch, the Flame of Hope, through the streets of Pueblo County on May 25, 2011.... more »

• BLM inmate wild horse program celebrating 25 years

  May 22, 2011 3:50 PM

  The Wild Horse Inmate Program is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with the Bureau of Land Management. "This program is responsible for training thousands of wild horses gathered from the range as well as providing inmates with beneficial work skills they will take with them after they are released," Fran... more »

• Prison murders tie record last year

  January 4, 2011 3:29 PM

  The Colorado Department of Corrections recorded a record tying three murders of inmates in one year last year. The most recent murder was that of James Schneider, 34, of Lamar. He who was killed by another convict on Thursday at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, also known as Old... more »

• IT Professional - Dept. of Corrections

  February 9, 2010 12:33 PM

  The Colorado Department of Corrections is looking for an IT Professional at their headquarters in Colorado Springs. This is a state job with benefits and retirement. Starting pay, depending upon experience, is $4,530 - $6,535 per month. Apply by Feb. 16 Click here to apply more »

• Human Resources Technician

  December 1, 2009 1:21 PM

  The Colorado Department of Corrections has an opening in its Human Resources department at its Colorado Springs headquarters. This is a state job with benefits and retirement. This person will beresponsible for providing technical support to Employment Services Unit in all areas of the employment process within the Colorado... more »

• Updated: Parole Officer arrested on sex assault charges

  September 18, 2009 2:24 PM

  Arrest affidavit claims a Colorado Dept. of Corrections parole officer in Colorado Springs had sex with a parolee. The alleged victim says she and Parole Officer Richard Riley, 45, had sex twice, once in June 2008, and again in January or Febuary of 2009. According to the arrest affidavit,... more »

• Administrative Assistant - Colorado Springs

  September 8, 2009 4:37 PM

  This is a state job with the Department of Corrections. Position provides administrative and technical support to the Office of the ADA Inmate Coordinator (AIC) and the Office of Correctional Legal Services. Position will develop, utilize and maintain various database tracking systems; will utilize AIC databases and Americans with Disabilities... more »

• 3,500 Colorado inmates could leave prison early

  September 1, 2009 11:16 PM

  Joe Cannata's daughter was murdered several years ago. Her killer served 18 of his 24-year prison sentence. In that time, Cannata went to countless hearings, including a parole hearing seven years after sentencing. Cannata takes issue with Governor Bill Ritter's plan to release 3,500 prisoners. "Victims go to these... more »