The city of Durango has filed a lawsuit against La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith for refusing to house municipal offenders at the La Plata County Jail. The 29-page lawsuit filed in La Plata Combined ...

Durango city councilors split this week over whether to uphold their opposition to a state jail reform bill that would limit when police can make arrests. Senate Bill 21-062 proposes a shift in ...

DURANGO • Jail is often thought of as a place for people who are a menace to society, a sort of "con college." But the notion that inmates learn how to be better criminals misrepresents the real ...

Mullen, who leads the GED program at Durango Adult Education Center, is one of two educators who visit the jail each week to meet with inmates. Mullen specializes in math and science, and another ...