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The Colorado Department of Corrections new Executive Director was announced Friday.

DENVER — The Colorado Department of Corrections has fired Parole Director Tim Hand, officials confirmed Thursday. Hand was placed on leave May 22. His office had come under increasing scrutiny after the murder of Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements, likely at the hands of parolee Evan Ebel. Ebel is believed to have cut off his […]

DENVER — A Saudi man being investigated for the murder of former Colorado Corrections chief Tom Clements lost his latest bid for parole on Tuesday morning. Homaidan al-Turki, serving an eight-years-to-life term for keeping his housekeeper a virtual slave in Colorado and sexually assaulting her, now must wait another two years before his next appearance […]

DENVER — Two months after a former Colorado inmate killed two men and lead police on a nationwide manhunt, a sheriffs office in Texas is releasing new images of an attack between the suspect and police. The video clip above is graphic.I On Wednesday, the Montague County Sheriffs Office released dashboard camera video that shows a 27-year-old deputy […]

DENVER — The early results of an audit of the sentences of prisoners in Colorado has found potentially hundreds of errors. Corrections officials are alerting judges throughout the state to the errors. The reviews are happening after it was disclosed that the man accused of killing Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements and Commerce City […]

DENVER — Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant killer Nathan Dunlap is set to be executed the week of August 18-24, Arapahoe District Judge William Sylvester ruled Wednesday afternoon. Now the only thing that can save the killer’s life is clemency from Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper and his staff are scheduled to meet with Dunlap’s defense […]

DENVER — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper told FOX31 Denver Monday that the looming execution of Nathan Dunlap, the Chuck E. Cheese killer, is the hardest decision he’s faced yet as governor. A district judge is set to schedule an execution date for Dunlap, who murdered four people inside an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese 20 years […]

Colorado’s new prisons chief comes out of retirement from Kansas to continue work Tom Clements was already doing.

DENVER — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has appointed Roger Werholtz, the former head of the Kansas Dept. of Corrections, to serve as a short-term replacement for Tom Clements, the slain former head of the Colorado Dept. of Corrections. Werholtz, who retired in 2010, will begin work on Monday, April 22 and serve through July or […]

DENVER — Thomas Guolee, a suspected member of the white supremacist 211 Crew and an associate of murder suspect Evan Ebel, has been arrested, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday evening. Police have been seeking Guolee, 31, since last week. He and another man, James Lohr, were wanted for questioning in connection with […]

DENVER — The Colorado Department of Corrections will implement new measures designed to capture former prisoners who break their parole, the agency announced Wednesday. The new measures include monthly roundups of fugitives who break parole and a new rule requiring a two-hour response time for investigating all ankle bracelet tampering alerts. The Capitol’s Joint Budget […]

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. — One of the two suspected gang members wanted in connection with the murder of the Colorado’s Director…