CO SB124

Community parole officers must consider all available intermediate sanctions before filing revocation complaints for technical violations of parole that are not criminal offenses.

Community parole officers may impose up to five consecutive days in county jail as an intermediate sanction for technical violations, with parolee notification required and state reimbursement to counties for jail beds.

Parole officers can bypass intermediate sanctions and seek revocation only after four jail-based sanctions have been imposed or when the violation combined with the parolee's risk assessment indicates heightened public safety risk.

Parolees who refuse drug testing are deemed to have tested positive for drugs rather than automatically arrested and subjected to revocation proceedings.

Appropriations reduced by $1.56 million from private prison and pre-release facility payments; increased by $710,000 for community-based parolee support organizations and $780,019 for 48 intensive residential treatment beds for six months in 2015-16.