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Denver and other jails are ditching programs allowing inmates to go to work — once a mainstay. Here’s why.

Work release, suspended during pandemic, hasn’t returned in every county

The construction site for Boulder County's Alternative Sentencing Facility, photographed in Boulder on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
The construction site for Boulder County’s Alternative Sentencing Facility, photographed in Boulder on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 4:  Shelly Bradbury - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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The Denver Sheriff Department discontinued its jail work-release program during the COVID-19 pandemic and has no plans to bring it back — part of a trend seen across Colorado as sheriffs wrestle with tight budgets.
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