By Christopher N. Osher
The Denver Post
DENVER, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Corrections is proposing an $8 million top-to-bottom overhaul of parole operations, which would pour more resources into preparing prisoners for their release from prison and helping them cope with life after release.
The plan would decrease case-loads of case managers who work with prisoners, insert parole officers into every prison in the state, bolster pre-release programs and make it easier for prisoners to get proper government identification before they are released on parole.
It also would overhaul training of parole officers, modeling training after what has been done with the state’s probation officers. It would create a new command post to sift through all electronic monitoring data and coordinate officer responses to specific alerts.
Full story: Colorado Department of Corrections wants $8 million for parole push