Community Corrections
Adams County at Work in Community Corrections
The purpose of Community Corrections is to provide alternative sanctions, through a halfway house program, to individuals who would otherwise be incarcerated in prison.
ICCS Adams County Opportunity Center
The ACOC has 184 beds and houses males, females, and offense-specific clients.
CoreCivic Commerce
CoreCivic Commerce has 136 beds and houses males only.
Community Corrections Board
The state of Colorado provides funds to the 17th Judicial District (Adams and Broomfield counties) for halfway houses to provide services to offenders. The Adams County Board of Commissioners appointed a Community Corrections Board that has the responsibility to:
- Monitor halfway house compliance with state standards and contract obligations
- Monitor the funds appropriated
- Negotiate and process contracts for services
- Review offender cases referred for community corrections placement
The Community Corrections Board has the authority to reject anyone for placement it determines to be a public safety risk. Not even a judge can sentence someone to a halfway house if the local board has not approved them. The program also has the right to refuse any individual it determines will be a risk to the public or its program.
Community Corrections Screening Committee
The Community Corrections Board appoints members to the subset Screening Committee. This committee, along with program provider representatives, are responsible for reviewing and voting on cases that meet the criteria that the board has determined require review by the committee and providers. The screening committee will review cases and vote to make recommendations on which offenders can be safely placed in the programs.
Meeting Schedules
Community Corrections Board Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at noon. Meetings are held at the Conference Center at the Adams County Government Center, 4430 South Adams County Pkwy., Brighton.
Public Attendance Notice
If you plan to attend a meeting, please confirm your attendance with our team in advance. For details and instructions, feel free to email us at ccreferral@adcogov.org.
Adams County Community Corrections FAQ’s
Males, Females, and Sex Offenders with Felony convictions (please see screening and ineligibility sheet for more information)
Adams County cases can be ordered to have a community corrections screen post-conviction and pre-sentence. Generally, about 8-10 weeks is given for the investigations unit to complete a PSI and for the community corrections screening committee and programs to make a decision.
Yes, unless a PSI was completed in the last 2 years in another jurisdiction.
In those cases, a concurrent/consecutive sentence can be ordered without an Adams County screening process. Historically, wherever the client has the longest sentence is where he would serve, but if the other county is their preferred destination, Adams County is willing to cover the additional costs right now. This could change in the future, and we will keep you updated.
6 months, if a defendant FTA’s or the case goes on for longer than usual, an updated screen will be necessary.
These sentences could run concurrently or consecutively. Our screening committee and the program would have to approve the client on the Adams case as well as the out-of-county case (if it meets screening criteria), and then approval would be sent to Adams County and implied in the other jurisdiction.
Probation sentences ordered to run concurrently with a community corrections sentence are not actively supervised. Because these cases are not actively supervised, the case may be returned to Court with a Motion to Terminate Probation unsuccessfully due to the defendant serving a community corrections sentence; therefore, unable to be supervised on probation. The case may also be banked, and a termination submitted when appropriate.
Generally, the client waits in jail for a bed to become available.
A re-review is completed with screening (if applicable) and providers. If a re-review is ordered on a new case, all new case information will be necessary to complete the re-review.
Policy and Procedure dictate that a re-review can be completed when there is significant new information for providers and/or screening to consider. This can include inaccurate or incomplete criminal history or pending case information, if a psychological or offense-specific evaluation is now available, or if there are updated standardized offender assessments. Judges can order this at any time, and this will be the criteria to determine re-review.