9A23A5449C0B1B6A8725843F007ABACA Hearing Summary

Raquel Lane-Arellan, representing the Urban Leaders Fellowship (ULF), spoke about private prisons and profit margins.

Ngeri Nnachi, representing ULF, presented information on the costs of prison and jail telecommunications. 

Brea Zeise, representing ULF, reported on higher recidivism rates in private prisons and recommended better data collection in these facilities.  

Kelly O'Brian, representing ULF, provided concluding remarks about private prisons, as well as state contracts with private providers for treatment and services, and urged the legislators to examine this issue further.

Committee members discussed phone policies and the population of sex offenders in private prisons without treatment. 

Diane Tramutola-Lawson, representing Colorado-CURE, discussed sex offender treatment, or lack thereof, in prison and how this is impacting prison capacity.  She referenced the Sentencing Project in Washington DC,  and also mentioned a program in Canada called Lifeline. 

Eric Olsen, representing Colorado WINS, discussed his role as a sergeant at DOC.  He expressed concerns about staff capacity and offered to be a resource to improve the situation.

Hilary Glasgow, representing Colorado WINS, discussed the importance of forming a partnership with DOC officers. She discussed DOC staffing issues.

Linda Summers, representing R.O.A.D., otherwise known as Rehabilitation on a Dime, discussed the importance of rehabilitation.

Nadine Kerstetter, representing Colorado WINS, discussed her work teaching and hosting job fairs at a prison.  She recommended that DOC staff have collective bargaining rights. 

Representative Herod announced that the next meeting of the Prison Population Management Interim Study Committee is scheduled for August 12, 2019.