{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-011","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Colorado (Governor; Department of Corrections; Department of Public Safety; community corrections); State level","state":"CO","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jared Polis","authority":"C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704(7)(a)","instrument":"Executive Order D 2020 016","title":"Temporarily Suspending Certain Regulatory Statutes Concerning Criminal Justice Due to the Presence of COVID-19 (suspension of the Department of Corrections\u0027 duty to receive and take custody of prisoners; earned-time and special-needs-parole criteria suspended; community corrections funding)","dateIssued":"2020-03-25","effective":"2020-03-25","end":"Thirty days, amended and extended by D 2020 043 (Apr. 23, 2020; Ex. 012) and successors (D 2020 166 of Aug. 2020 continued the criminal-justice suspensions)","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER","HC"],"addressees":["Colorado Department of Corrections","Department of Public Safety","county jails and sheriffs holding sentenced prisoners","community corrections programs","Parole Board"],"clause":"A. In compliance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u0027s (CDC) Interim Guidance on Management of Correctional and Detention Facilities, I temporarily suspend the Colorado Department of Corrections\u0027 (DOC) duty to receive and take custody of prisoners pursuant to C.R.S. § 16-11-301 and -308. I direct DOC to identify the criteria that would justify the acceptance of such prisoners. Offenders shall remain in any pre-transfer facility until otherwise directed by the DOC. B. I temporarily suspend the caps and criteria on awards of earned time credits set forth in C.R.S. § 17-22.5-405.... G. I direct DPS to identify funding allocated in the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 to be utilized for the purposes of suspending the $17.00 a day subsistence payments required from community corrections clients...","enforcement":"C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704(4) (orders have the force and effect of law); suspension of statutes","functions":["CB county jails and their vendors (sentenced population retained \u0027in any pre-transfer facility\u0027)","OP DOC intake and reception","CB community corrections contractors (subsistence payments suspended; funding shifted)","SC"],"notes":"Colorado\u0027s community corrections programs are operated by private and non-profit contractors; the order shifted their revenue from client subsistence payments to State funding and directed \u0027staff retention, and program financial stability\u0027 spending.","sourceUrl":"https://www.colorado.gov/governor/sites/default/files/inline-files/D%202020%20016%20Suspending%20Certain%20Regulatory%20Statutes%20Concerning%20Criminal%20Justice_0.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200419/https://www.colorado.gov/governor/sites/default/files/inline-files/D%202020%20016%20Suspending%20Certain%20Regulatory%20Statutes%20Concerning%20Criminal%20Justice_0.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":193395,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-011","citation":"Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 016 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-011)","stateName":"Colorado","related":["AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-012"]}