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Colorado's Prison System Structured to Promote Failure

Loaded on July 15, 2009

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Sentencing, Parole, Parole Conditions. Location: Colorado.

August 12, 12:41 PM - Denver Criminal Justice Examiner - John Miller

Mike peers from beneath the sackcloth he uses as a blanket, watching coldly as the other shelter residents ready themselves for sleep. The room is lined with beds and smells of body odor and unwashed clothes. Near the …

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