Staff at two private halfway houses in Boulder County say they’ve shored up procedures for documenting inmate behavioral violations since a state inspection found reports of problematic conduct were lacking.
But amid that progress, county officials last week described the Longmont Community Treatment Center and Boulder Community Treatment Center facilities — run by publicly traded private-prison giant CoreCivic — as outdated.
That characterization of the halfway houses emerged as Boulder County’s commissioners said they are mulling whether to ask voters to approve a tax hike on November’s ballot that would fund construction of a new alternative sentencing facility and upgrades to the county jail.
Both halfway houses hold a mix of state prison inmates transitioning back into public life and low-level offenders sentenced directly to work-release or other programs requiring only part-time incarceration.
Residents stay at the facilities at night, but can leave during the day to work regular jobs in the community.
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