2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 1.3 - SENTENCING IN CRIMINAL CASES (§§ 18-1.3-101 — 18-1.3-1407) › Part 2 - PROBATION (§§ 18-1.3-201 — 18-1.3-213) › Section 18-1.3-207 - Work and education release programs

(1)
As a specific condition of probation for a person convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, the court may require the probationer to participate for a period not to exceed two years or the term to which he or she might be sentenced for the offense committed, whichever is less, in a supervised work release or education release program. Utilization of the county jail, a municipal jail, or any other facility may be used for the probationer's full-time confinement, care, and maintenance, except for the time he or she is released for scheduled work or education.
(1.1)
Before a final ruling by the court authorizing a probationer to participate in a supervised education release program, the court shall notify the prosecuting attorney and the postsecondary educational institution requesting their comments on the pending release. The notice shall include all relevant information pertaining to the probationer and to the nature of the crime for which he or she was convicted. Both the prosecuting attorney and the postsecondary educational institution shall reply to the court in writing within fourteen days after receipt of the notification or within such other reasonable time in excess of fourteen days as specified by the court. The postsecondary educational institution's reply shall include a statement of whether or not it will accept the probationer as a student. Acceptance by a state postsecondary educational institution shall be pursuant to section
23-5-106
, C.R.S.
(2)
All employment income of a probationer participating in a work release program shall be received and deposited by the probation officer in the registry of the court. The court shall order disbursement of the funds so deposited in payment of the following items which are listed in the order of their priority:
(a)
Any current child support order;
(b)
Any child support arrearage;
(c)
Any child support debt order;
(d)
Any spousal maintenance;
(e)
Costs for the crime victim compensation fund, pursuant to section
24-4.1-119
, C.R.S.;
(f)
Surcharges for the victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement fund, pursuant to section
24-4.2-104
, C.R.S.;
(g)
Restitution;
(h)
A time payment fee;
(i)
Late fees;
(j)
Any other fines, fees, or surcharges;
(k)
Room, board, and work supervision inside and outside the county jail or other facility; and
(l)
The probationer.
(3)
Any acts by the probationer in violation of the conditions of probation under subsection (1) of this section may be asserted as a basis for revocation of probation as provided in sections
16-11-205
and
16-11-206
, C.R.S., and any willful failure to return to the jail or other facility may be punishable as an escape under section
18-8-208
.
L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1383, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2008: (2)(e) amended, p. 1889, § 53, effective August 5. L. 2012: (1.1) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 865, § 108, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 16-11-212 as it existed prior to 2002.