The Colorado State Auditor found the health care provided to Colorado prisoners is lacking, as is the Colorado Department of Corrections' (CDOC) management of its Clinical Services Division.
In its 54-page report released on October 6, 2005, the Colorado State Auditor (Auditor) made ten recommendations regarding the health care provided ...
In response to a scathing audit, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) told state lawmakers in October 2005 that the Department is making the recommended changes.
Six private prisons scattered across Colorado's eastern plains hold over 4,000 of the state's prisoners. An audit conducted by the state found numerous problems, ...
Like many states, Colorado has turned from state hospitals to prisons to provide care for the mentally ill. Since the mid-1970s, Colorado's mental hospitals have shriveled from 6,000 to 600 beds. Spending has dropped from 3.9 percent of the state budget in 1970 to 1.6 percent in 2005.
The Colorado ...
by G. A. Bowers
The Urban Institute?s Justice Policy Center released in April 2007 One Year Out, the final report of its Returning Home study of nearly 300 former prisoners living in Cleveland, Ohio, one year after their release from prison.
Among the study?s key findings were that, one year ...
Tennessee DOC's Double Standard
by Greg Bowers
The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) applies a double standard to ethical violations committed by its employees and those committed by prisoners. TDOC staff who commit ethical violations are typically reassigned. Even when fired, they have been rehired days later.
Prisoners, on the ...
An independent auditor found the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) to be lax in its oversight of medical care contractors.
In April 2005, Navigant Consulting, Inc., reported the results of its audit, commissioned by the Colorado State Auditor, of the CDOC external health care services provided to prisoners. The audit ...
An independent auditor found the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) to be lax in its oversight of medical care contractors.
In April 2005, Navigant Consulting, Inc., reported the results of its audit, commissioned by the Colorado State Auditor, of the CDOC external health care services provided to prisoners. The audit ...
