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Colorado Parolees' Violent Crimes Attributed to DOC Ineptitude
Loaded on July 1, 2015
by Joe Watson
Filed under:
Parole Board Misconduct,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism,
Parole,
Murder by Parolees.
Location:
Colorado.
Colorado Parolees' Violent Crimes Attributed to DOC Ineptitude
By Joe Watson
It took the March 2013 murder of Tom Clements, then director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), to bring to light the ineptitude of the state's prisons and parole division.
In the wake of …
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