Prison Population Projections

As mandated by the Colorado General Assembly, the Office of Research and Statistics (ORS) provides projections of adult prison and parole populations and juvenile detention, commitment, and parole populations to the Governor's Office and the General Assembly on an annual basis. For planning purposes, the figures are also available on a semi-annual basis. Current, as well as past projections, are available below:
(Please note: The following documents are in Adobe Acrobat read-only format. See Adobe Reader.)

PAST PRISON POPULATION FORECASTS

• January 2023 Correctional Population Forecasts
  (January 2023) 1.7 MB
   
• Summer 2022 Interim Correctional Population Forecasts
  (June 2022) 409 KB
   
• February 2022 Correctional Population Forecasts
  (February 2022) 1.9 MB
   
• Summer 2021 Interim Correctional Population Forecasts
  (June 2021) 946 KB
   
• February 2021 Correctional Population Forecasts
  (February 2021) 984 KB
   
• Summer 2020 Interim Correctional Population Forecasts
  (June 2020) 405 KB
   
• March 2020 Correctional Population Forecasts
  (March 2020) 1.3 MB
   
• Summer 2019 Interim Correctional Population Forecasts
  (June 2019) 437KB
   
• February 2019 Correctional Population Forecasts
  (February 2019) 596 KB
   
• Summer 2018 Interim Correctional Population Forecasts
  (July 2018) 754 KB


• January 2018 Correctional Population Forecasts
  (January 2018)1.75MB