Colorado Code § 17-31-101

Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds it necessary to
provide for and encourage the implementation of programs within the state's correctional
facilities, the probation division of the judicial department, the parole division within the
department of corrections, the division of youth services within the department of human
services, and the department of public safety that enable volunteers to effectively assist with the
rehabilitation and transition of adult and juvenile offenders. The general assembly encourages
the maximum use of volunteers to complement the regular staffs of such adult corrections,
parole, probation, and juvenile services divisions and encourages volunteers to participate in
existing programs for adult and juvenile offenders in those divisions. The general assembly finds
that such volunteers should be allowed, where practical and within the safety and security
requirements of the applicable institution or program, to meet with and freely communicate with
offenders to assist with the rehabilitation and transition of such offenders, in order to establish
support groups and systems outside of the correctional facility.

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