Denver7 continues to hear from many of you after breaking the news last month, that a Denver District Judge ruled against Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Wynn Howell, Colorado state director for the Working Families Party, speaks at a rally in support of a lawsuit over coerced prison labor outside the Denver City and County Building on Oct. 7, 2025.

Colorado lawmakers are set to consider a bill this year that would allow sentencing reviews for some people in prison who ...

Colorado Department of Corrections Correctional Officer David Aldana walks along the third level of Cell House #8 at the Fremont Correctional Facility during a formal count at the prison in Canon City ...

A Denver judge on Friday ruled that the Colorado Department of Corrections has been violating a 2018 amendment to the state constitution by requiring people in state prisons to work under the threat ...

“There’s been very little information available about prison libraries, just in general,” says Charissa Brammer, director of Library Research Service with the Colorado State Library, housed within the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado lawmakers voted Wednesday to send millions of dollars to the state’s overcrowded prison system, one week after a key committee rejected the funds ...

Frustrated Colorado lawmakers gave a “huge slap on the wrist” to the state’s correctional system and its leaders Wednesday, rejecting more than $20 million in funding requests. They also vented their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wynn Howell, Colorado state director for the Working Families Party, speaks at a rally in support of a lawsuit over coerced prison ...