New Colorado Law Makes It Easier for Early Termination From Colorado Community Corrections Programs
Colorado Community Corrections - 2011 Changes Make It Easier to Get Credit for Time Served for Residential and Non- Residential Time - Early Termination
A New Law in Colorado creates criteria for when a person sentenced to a community corrections sentence may be considered for early termination of his or her sentence.
When the person meets the criteria, his or her probation officer must submit a petition for early termination to the court and notify the district attorney and defendant. The court then decides the petition based on the statutory criteria.
This bill requires that an individual sentenced directly to a community corrections program
be eligible for a deduction of up to 10 days per month from his or her sentence. The current law allows such deductions, but does not require eligibility.
Criteria are set for when an individual sentenced to a community corrections program may
be considered for early termination of his or her sentence.
The individual must successfully complete the residential phase of community corrections, pay the costs of the residential program in full, and be supervised at a low level.
The probation officer of an individual who meets the eligibility requirement for early sentence termination is required to submit a petition to the court with notice to the district attorney, the defendant, and the victim, where appropriate.
The court may consider a number of factors when deciding whether to grant a petition for
early termination of a sentence, including the following:
• risk of recidivism;
• victim input, if any;
• compliance with the terms and conditions of the original sentence;
• completion of any court- or community-corrections-ordered treatment programs; and
• any other relevant factors.
Here are the relevant new Colorado Laws as of 2011 - the NEW LANGUAGE IS IN CAPITAL LETTERS
