The Crackhouse Statute

Executive Summary:
Colorado Department of Corrections knowingly violated its own MAT policy from 2022 through 2024, enabling inmates to easily divert

CDOC normalization reduced the burden of under-staffing by ignoring diversion controls & eliminating MAT monitoring
2019: MAT begins at Colorado DOC

The 2019 CDOC MAT policy included two minutes of monitoring
2019-2022: Amid staffing shortages & increasing MAT participation, MAT monitoring became an operational barrier
2022: Colorado DOC began normalization at Sterling Correctional Facility, eliminating the MAT monitoring required by policy

EBP-Informed by Normalization research, this pilot tested MAT policy variance
By 2023, three CDOC facilities were piloting Suboxone normalization.
2024: drug-related incidents spiked


August 2024: the new 2024 MAT policy eliminated MAT monitoring, ending the pilots
2026: drug-related incidents remain elevated and CDOC staffing remains a crisis
Normally, prison staff are not permitted to support the black market
What could be said of a prison which juices sub rosa narcotic trade?

>Narratives/CDOC Timeline

>Narratives/Cross-coverage

>Narratives/Diversion

>Wardens Meeting Minutes

>Dynamic Security

>MAT Normalization

>Rhode Island

>Vermont

>California

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