Colo. Rev. Stat. » Title 16
Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-11-212 (2026)

Work and education release programs

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section CO-LEGleg.colorado.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(Repealed) Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 247, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 39-11-212. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 864, § 7, effective July 1, 1979. L. 79: (2) amended, p. 601, § 27, effective July 1. L. 84: (1.1) added, p. 497, § 1, effective April 5. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 1047, § 10, effective September 1. L. 2002: Entire section repealed, p. 1463, § 3, effective October 1.

Editor's note: (1) The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199 Colo. 452, 611 P.2d 574 (1980).

(2) In 2002, this section was relocated to section 18-1.3-207.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act repealing this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases, 1979–2011 · leading case: People v. Garberding, 787 P.2d 154 (Colo. 1990).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
People v. Garberding, 787 P.2d 154 (Colo. 1990). · cites it 27× “The defendant argues that section 16-11-212 violates the equal protection provisions of the United States and Colorado constitutions.”
Beecroft v. People, 874 P.2d 1041 (Colo. 1994). · cites it 2× “Similarly, the fact that a probationer served time in a county or municipal jail in conjunction with a work release program under section 16-11-212(1), 8A C.R.S. (1986), does not alter the result that the probationer is entitled to confinement credit for the time spent in jail…”
United States v. Adkins, 196 F.3d 1112 (10th Cir. 1999). “§ 16-11-212 (1999) (“[A]ny willful failure to return to the jail or other facility may be punishable as an escape under section 18-8-208,” which establishes five levels of escape, including three felony levels, according to the seriousness of the underlying offense); Kan.”
People v. Lee, 678 P.2d 1030 (Colo. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 4× “*1031 The defendant contends that the imposition of a work release program as a specific condition of probation pursuant to § 16-11-212(1), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol.”
People v. Turner, 644 P.2d 951 (Colo. 1982). · cites it 2× “The aggregate length of any such commitment whether continuous or at designated intervals shall not exceed ninety days for a felony, sixty days for a misdemeanor, or ten days for a petty offense unless it is a part of a work release program pursuant to section 16-11-212. That…”
People ex rel. Gallagher v. Dist. Court, 593 P.2d 1372 (Colo. 1979). · cites it 2× “The aggregate length of any such commitment whether continuous or at designated intervals shall not exceed ninety days for a felony, sixty days for a misdemeanor, or ten days for a petty offense unless it is a part of a work release program pursuant to section 16-11-212. That…”
People v. Simpson, 969 P.2d 751 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “However, §16-11-212, C.R.S.1997, which authorizes a work release program as a condition of probation, states that: [T]he court may require the probationer to participate for a period not to exceed two years or the term to which he might be sentenced for the offense committed,…”
People v. Bador, 931 P.2d 486 (Colo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “unless it is part of a work release program pursuant to section 16-11-212. Section 16-11-202, C.R.”
People v. Dist. Court of the City of Denver, 673 P.2d 991 (Colo. 1983). · cites it 3× “Lindsay would discharge him from therapy; that during that period of time he not own, possess, carry in any way any weapon whether it be a firearm, a knife, or any other weapon of any sort.”
People v. Dist. Ct. of City & Cty. of Denver, 673 P.2d 991 (Colo. 1983). · cites it 3× “Lindsay would discharge him from therapy; that during that period of time he not own, possess, carry in any way any weapon whether it be a firearm, a knife, or any other weapon of any sort.”
People v. Montoya, 259 P.3d 555 (Colo. Ct. App. 2011). “1990) (citing former § 16-11-212 (repealed 2002 and relocated to § 18-1.”
People ex rel. Gallagher v. Dist. Court In & For the Eighteenth Jud. Dist., Cnty. of Arapahoe, 632 P.2d 1009 (Colo. 1981). · cites it 3× “Section 16-11-212, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl.”
Show all 16 citing cases →
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-11-212(1) — 2 cases
Beecroft v. People, 874 P.2d 1041 (Colo. 1994). “Similarly, the fact that a probationer served time in a county or municipal jail in conjunction with a work release program under section 16-11-212(1), 8A C.R.S. (1986), does not alter the result that the probationer is entitled to confinement credit for the time spent in jail…”
People v. Lee, 678 P.2d 1030 (Colo. Ct. App. 1983). “*1031 The defendant contends that the imposition of a work release program as a specific condition of probation pursuant to § 16-11-212(1), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-11-212(2) — 1 case
People v. Garberding, 787 P.2d 154 (Colo. 1990). “The defendant argues that section 16-11-212 violates the equal protection provisions of the United States and Colorado constitutions.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.