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Bill to limit use of metal restraints in Colorado prisons advances despite “inexplicable” price tag

Department of Corrections says it would cost $20 million to hire staff needed to implement bill

Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Colorado legislators advanced a bill Tuesday to limit the use of physical restraints on inmates in acute mental health crises, sidestepping a disputed price tag and avoiding what one lawmaker described as the "soulless exercise" of trading money for policy.
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