Rick Raemisch is the executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections. When he began his role in 2013, there were still over 700 inmates in solitary, some of whom had been there for years. Approximately half of them were still being released directly into the community without being reintegrated. Now inmates are no longer placed in long-term isolation, nor are any inmates released directly from solitary.
Why We Ended Long-Term Solitary Confinement in Colorado
Rick Raemisch is the executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections. When he began his role in 2013, there were still over 700 inmates in solitary, some of whom had been there for years. Approximately half of them were still being released directly into the community without being reintegrated. Now inmates are no longer placed in long-term isolation, nor are any inmates released directly from solitary.