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Colorado lawmakers consider plan that would provide state oversight of jails for first time

Under draft bill, state attorney general’s office would conduct inspections and investigations of practices

A Denver Sheriff Department deputy stands guard in a hallway at Denver City Jail on Oct. 13, 2022. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
A Denver Sheriff Department deputy stands guard in a hallway at Denver City Jail on Oct. 13, 2022. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
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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The Colorado Attorney General's Office soon may have the ability to inspect and investigate complaints against county jails under pending legislation that would give a state agency oversight of local detention facilities here for the first time.
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