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Another potential delay to Colorado’s redistricting process? Counting prisoners.

New law prevents counties with prison-inflated populations from gaining political representation

DATE: May 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado courts may be forced to hold bond hearings within 48 hours of arrests

Proposed law comes with added costs, but proponents say it’s necessary

DATE: Apr 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks

Lawmakers want transparency into costs paid by families, inmates

DATE: Apr 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan County announces new COVID-19 cases among offices, detention center

Jail reports 56 detainees with virus

DATE: Dec 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Durango burglar chooses prison over halfway house

Chad Nolan went on trespassing spree in summer 2019

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man accused of New Mexico murder is sentenced in La Plata County

Michael Iain Greer, 28, will serve three years in prison

DATE: Jul 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman who ran over cousin sentenced to prison

Katrina Baker, 28, blames alcohol for bad decisions

DATE: Dec 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court sides with Colorado supermax prison in censorship case

DENVER – A federal appeals court in Denver has ruled that officials at a supermax prison in Colorado sufficiently changed their policies and corrected their mistakes after refusing to distri...

DATE: Dec 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis calls for re-opening Cañon City prison as back-up to reform measures

Aim is to make facility an intake center to help expand treatment

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmakers eye drug sentencing reforms to ease projected prison population growth

People with drug charges make up the largest share of new admissions to prison

DATE: Jan 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Writing program helps inmates behind bars find their voice

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. â€“ A nonprofit organization is helping inmates at jails across New Mexico express themselves through poetry, spoken word and journaling. Rachel Martinez tells t...

DATE: Aug 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Inmates face variety of fees while behind bars

Fees for phone calls, clothing, hygiene products can add up quickly

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday