COLORADO PRISON STUDY - A REPORT BY THE COLORADO ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE US COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

• NCJ Number: 32433
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 209 pages
• Corporate Author: California Legislature
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY UNDERTAKEN IN SEPTEMBER 1972 IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF RACIAL DISTURBANCES WITHIN SOME COLORADO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Abstract

THE COMMITTEE EXAMINED CONDITIONS IN STATE ADULT AND JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND AT THE FEDERAL YOUTH CENTER, COLORADO'S ONLY FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, LOOKING AT STAFFING, INMATE JOB ASSIGNMENTS, ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND THE FUNCTIONS OF PAROLE AND CLEMENCY BOARDS, AMONG OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN. INADEQUACIES WERE FOUND IN MANY OF THESE. MINORITY STAFF, FOR INSTANCE, ARE REPRESENTED IN VERY SMALL NUMBERS, PARTICULARLY AT RURAL INSTITUTIONS. MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AT THE PENITENTIARY ARE SORELY LACKING AND WOMEN INMATES, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL, ARE DENIED MANY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE TO THE MEN. FURTHER, DISCREPANCIES ARE EVIDENT IN JOB ASSIGNMENTS, WHERE MINORITY PRISONERS ARE RELEGATED TO THE LESS DESIRABLE JOBS. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REMEDIAL ACTIONS ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)