Custodia y evaluación de personas en instalaciones correccionales en Colorado

Explicación Simple

Cuando alguien es enviado a la cárcel en Colorado, primero pasa por un centro para ser evaluado. Ahí deciden si necesita ir a la cárcel o a un programa de rehabilitación.

Es como llevar a un coche a un taller para ver qué le pasa antes de decidir si necesita una reparación grande o solo un cambio de aceite.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Carlos fue sentenciado por un delito menor. Primero, lo llevan a un centro de diagnóstico donde evalúan si necesita rehabilitación o si debe ser enviado a una prisión. Después de la evaluación, los expertos recomiendan qué tipo de tratamiento es mejor para él.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

C.R.S. 16-11-308 – Custody of department of corrections (1) When any person is sentenced to any correctional facility, that person shall be deemed to be in the custody of the executive director of the department of corrections or his designee. (2) Any person sentenced pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall initially be confined in the diagnostic center, as defined in section 17-40-101 (1.5), C.R.S., unless otherwise authorized by the executive director or the executive director’s designee, to undergo evaluation and diagnosis to determine whether such person should be confined in a correctional facility or any other state institution, or whether such person should participate in a rehabilitation program as provided by law; except that no person subject to the provisions of section 16-11-301 (2) shall serve such person’s sentence in any state correctional facility. (3) When such evaluation and diagnosis is completed, a recommendation shall be made to the executive director of the department of corrections or his designee as to the place of confinement or rehabilitation program as provided by law which may result in the maximum rehabilitation of the offender. (4) Copies of the evaluation and diagnosis and the recommendation shall be shown and explained to the offender upon request; except that the executive director of the department of corrections or his designee may withhold any information he deems to be detrimental to the rehabilitation of the offender.