Colorado Revised Statutes Title 19. Children's Code § 19-2.5-1405. Working group--allocation of beds

(a) To annually allocate the number of juvenile detention beds to each catchment area in the state created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1513, based on the number of juvenile beds established pursuant to section 19-2.5-1514. Once the allocation of juvenile detention beds is made to the catchment areas, the working group shall allocate detention beds within the catchment areas to the judicial districts within each catchment area. Judicial districts shall not exceed the number of beds allocated to them except for circumstances provided for in subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(b) To develop a mechanism for judicial districts to loan detention beds to other judicial districts in cases of need;

(c) To develop emergency release guidelines that must be used by each judicial district to prevent placement of a juvenile in a juvenile detention facility in excess of the number of beds allocated to the judicial district; and

(d) To develop juvenile detention placement guidelines for each judicial district to use in complying with the number of juvenile detention beds allocated to the judicial district.