/tags/correctional-facility Correctional Facility en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-02-11/colorado-legal-settlement-would-up-care-and-housing-standards-for-trans-women-inmates A soon-to-be finalized legal settlement would offer transgender women in Colorado prisons new housing options, including a pipeline to the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. The change comes amid a growing number of lawsuits across the country aimed at improving health care access and safety for incarcerated trans people. Sun, 11 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-02-11/colorado-legal-settlement-would-up-care-and-housing-standards-for-trans-women-inmates Moe Clark, KFF Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ /health/2021-06-11/colorado-offered-prison-staff-500-to-boost-covid-vaccinations-two-months-ago-around-40-remain-unpoked Corrections officers were among the second group to get early access to coronavirus vaccines late last year. Experts are mixed on how well monetary vaccine incentives actually work. In the two months since CDOC’s bonus was introduced, vaccinations for staff who regularly work in the correctional facilities only increased about 15%, remaining just over half in total. Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:59:26 GMT /health/2021-06-11/colorado-offered-prison-staff-500-to-boost-covid-vaccinations-two-months-ago-around-40-remain-unpoked Adam Rayes /health/2020-05-27/in-colorado-a-big-prison-and-a-small-rural-community-share-a-coronavirus-outbreak As the coronavirus continues to spread across the state, a rural corner of northeastern Colorado has become home to the highest rate of cases of any… Wed, 27 May 2020 15:01:51 GMT /health/2020-05-27/in-colorado-a-big-prison-and-a-small-rural-community-share-a-coronavirus-outbreak Adam Rayes, Leigh Paterson