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County Jail Time Returned to CO Lifers

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News November, 2000, page 15
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Jail Specific, Good Time. Location: Colorado.
The Colorado Supreme Court has held that prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment are entitled to presentence confinement (PSC) credits for the time they spent in the county jail before sentencing.

Until 1977, life sentences in Colorado were a minimum of ten years to parole eligibility. From 1977 to 1985, this ...

 

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