2021 Colorado Code
Title 17 - Corrections
Article 20 - Correctional Facilities
§ 17-20-124. Visitors at Correctional Facilities
The following persons are authorized to visit any correctional facilities under the supervision of the executive director at pleasure: The governor and the judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, and district courts. No other persons shall be permitted to go within a correctional facility where inmates are confined, except as otherwise provided under prison rules or by special permission of the warden.
History. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 922, § 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 696, § 55, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 52, § 11, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 604, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 844, § 39, effective May 24.
Editor's note:
This section is similar to former § 27-20-124 as it existed prior to 1977.
Cross references:For visitors at correctional facilities, see § 17-19-101 .
ANNOTATIONFor searches of visitors as condition for entering penitentiary, see People v. Thompson, 185 Colo. 208 , 523 P.2d 128 (1974) (decided under repealed § 27-20-124 ).
