Colorado - Community Accountability Program

Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 19-2.5-1410 (West)

Population: Youth

Legal Features: N/A

Law Type: Statute

Excerpt of Relevant Text:

(1) It is the intent of the general assembly that the program established pursuant to this section benefit the state by providing a structured program combining residential and community reintegration components under which certain adjudicated juveniles are subject to an ordered environment affirming the dignity of self and others; promoting the value of education, work, and accountability; adhering to the principals of restorative justice; and developing useful skills that can be applied when the juvenile is reintegrated into the community. […]
(4)(a) The program consists of two integrated components. Each selected entity shall provide both components within the contracted region as follows:
(I) Component I. Component I consists of a sixty-day residential program, which may contain, but need not be limited to, the following program elements: […]
(I) Restorative justice programming.
(II) Component II. The division of youth services shall administer component II, which consists of a community reintegration phase. For each juvenile entering component II, the division of youth services and the local probation department shall jointly establish a reintegration plan. Component II may contain, but need not be limited to, the following program elements: […]
(L) Restorative justice programming.

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