Modify C.R.S. 18-8-209 to accomplish the following: Any individual who is on inmate status irrespective of the facility in which they are held will be subject to a mandatory consecutive sentence to prison. Any individual not on inmate status is eligible for a consecutive sentence but not a mandatory consecutive sentence.

Study in designated pilot sites the viability of responding to offenders who abscond from a community corrections halfway house or Intensive Supervision Parole (inmate status) by imposing on those offenders intermediate sanctions instead of escape filings. Data from the pilot sites would be combined with community corrections escape data to determine whether intermediate sanctions appear to be safe and effective in the management of offenders who walk away from halfway houses.

Modify C.R.S. 18-1.3-201(2)(a) to allow for probation eligibility for those who have multiple prior felony convictions. Offenders with two or more prior felony convictions, one or more of which is for a crime of violence as defined in 18-1.3-406 or where one of the two or more prior felonies or the present felony was a conviction for manslaughter, 2nd degree burglary, robbery, theft from a person, or a felony offense committed against a child would be ineligible for probation without a recommendation of waiver by the district attorney. Repeal 18-1.3-201(2)(b) and 18-1.3-201(4)(a)(ll).

The complex nature of Colorado statutes pertaining to aggravated, extraordinary risk, and mandatory minimum sentences requires detailed analysis and careful study to ensure that any recommended modifications conform to broader sentencing policies and structures, and to ensure that the consequences of any modifications are analyzed and well understood by stakeholders. The Commission must first undertake this analysis to guarantee that any recommended statutory reforms must be consistent with evidence-based practices and recidivism reduction.