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Prison Life
Portrait of an offender coming into Colorado Department of Corrections
- Average age at entry is 30 years old.
- 78.5% have dropped out of school and have never graduated.
- 32.5% do not have a high school diploma or GED.
- 59% are considered functionally illiterate.
- 16% are illiterate in all basic skills.
- 68%-75% of offenders are substance abusers.
Colorado Women’s Correctional Facility-3 State Facilities
- Denver Women’s Correctional Facility - 900 inmates
- Canon City - 246 inmates
- Pueblo - 216 inmates
1998-2002
- Nationwide the number of inmates increased 6%.
- The number of women inmates increased 9%.
- 24 women are processed into CDOC twice a week.
1980-2003
- In 1980, there were 80 women in prison in Colorado.
- In 1990, there were 400.
- In 2003, there were 1,200.
- Currently, there are 1,362.
Crimes by women in Colorado
- Drug
- Theft
- Escape
- Homicide
- Assault
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