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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 17. Corrections § 17-1-105.1. Accreditation of private contract prisons

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Repealed by Laws 2000, Ch. 202, § 10, eff. May 24, 2000.

(2) Prior to submitting building plans to any county, municipality, city and county, or other local governmental agency, any company proposing to construct a private prison within the state shall conduct at least one hearing in the county where the facility is proposed to be constructed for public input following at least twenty days' notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the private prison is to be located.

(3)(a) A private prison shall not contract to house any inmate, except on a temporary basis, unless within two years of the date that it accepts its first inmate it holds a current accreditation by the American correctional association.

(b) The executive director may extend the time period for a private prison to obtain the accreditation required by paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) upon a showing of good cause.

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