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Gov. Jared Polis stops releasing prisoners who’ve spent decades behind bars for youthful crime

Governor Polis has halted early releases for 11 graduates of a program for youthful offenders, creating a backlog despite no parole revocations among the 17 previously released.

Gov. Jared Polis unilaterally stalled a specialized prison program aimed at rehabilitating and releasing people who have served decades behind bars for crimes they committed as juveniles and young adults, The Denver Post found. Polis has not approved any of the program’s graduates for early release since 2023 — an about-face from the prior three years, during which the governor approved releases for all 17 such prisoners, according to records ke…

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Denver Post broke the news in Denver, United States on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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