2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 17 - Corrections
Correctional Facilities and Programs
Article 31 - Volunteerism in the Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice System
§ 17-31-101. Legislative declaration

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 corrections 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 further finds that the maximum use of volunteers should be encouraged to complement the regular staffs of such adult and juvenile corrections, parole, and probation divisions and that volunteers should be encouraged 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.