Colorado Code
Part 1 - Corrections Administration
§ 17-1-102. Definitions

As used in this title 17, unless the context otherwise requires:

(6.7) "Inmate liaison" means an inmate's family member or attorney, a government agency, or a representative from an organization with experience in helping inmates apply for special needs parole, high-needs prerelease planning, or reentry. The organization must be in good standing with the Colorado secretary of state for the past twelve consecutive months and the organization's involvement must be at the request of the inmate, or an inmate's family member or attorney should the inmate be unable to make the request. (7) "Local jail" means a jail or an adult detention center of a county or city and county.
(7.3) "Private contract prison" means any private prison facility in this state operated by a political subdivision of this state or an incorporated or unincorporated business entity; except that "private contract prison" does not include any local jail, multijurisdictional jail, or community corrections center.
(7.4) "Serious impairment that limits a person's ability to function" means a medically diagnosed physical or mental condition that is chronic and long term in nature and severely limits a person's ability to independently perform essential day-to-day activities without daily intervention, attention, or support from an inmate aide or professional caregiver.

(8.5) "Tampering" means intentionally attempting to disable, damage, or destroy an electronic monitoring device so as to render the device nonfunctional in order to avoid supervision. (9) "Warden" means the administrative head of a correctional facility.

Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 904, § 10, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 685, § 21, effective July 1. L. 91: (1) amended and (1.3), (1.7), and (5) to (8) added, p. 336, § 1, effective May 24. L. 93: (1), (1.3), and (7) amended, p. 404, § 1, effective April 19. L. 94: (3) amended and (9) added, p. 602, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2000: (5), (6), (8), and (9) amended and (6.5) and (7.3) added, p. 829, § 2, effective May 24; (7.5) added, p. 1495, § 1, effective July 1, 2001. L. 2002: (7.5)(b)(II) and (7.5)(b)(III) amended, p. 1499, § 156, effective October 1. L. 2003: (7.5)(a) amended, p. 1910, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2006: (7.5)(a)(I) amended, p. 1398, § 44, effective August 7. L. 2011: (7.5) amended, (SB 11-241), ch. 200, p. 831, § 1, effective May 23. L. 2014: (8.5) added, (HB 14-1044), ch. 199, p. 727, § 1, effective May 15. L. 2017: IP, (7.5)(a)(I), and (7.5)(a)(II) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1301, § 128, effective May 25. L. 2018: (7.5)(a)(I) and (7.5)(a)(II) amended and (7.5)(a)(IV) added, (HB 18-1109), ch. 139, p. 912, § 1, effective April 23. L. 2019: (7.5)(a)(IV) amended, (SB 19-223), ch. 227, p. 2292, § 18, effective July 1. L. 2020: (7.3) amended, (HB 20-1019), ch. 9, p. 23, § 1, effective March 6. L. 2021: (6.7) and (7.4) added and (7.5) amended, (SB 21-146), ch. 459, p. 3076, § 1, effective July 6.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsections (7.5)(b)(II) and (7.5)(b)(III), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002. For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.