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

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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