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Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted almost every aspect of society, including the criminal justice system, leaving crowded courts, prisons and jails especially susceptible to the outbreak. This memorandum provides an overview of how courts and other sectors of the criminal justice system in Colorado are handling this public health emergency.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted almost every aspect of society, including the criminal justice system, leaving crowded courts, prisons and jails especially susceptible to the outbreak. This memorandum provides an overview of how Community Corrections is handling this public health emergency.

Local health agencies in Colorado are the first line of response against communicable disease outbreaks. As "all emergencies are local," the local public health agency in Larimer County, Colorado, developed its own brand and campaign for pandemic influenza education, kicked off with a pandemic flu awareness open house for the media and partner agencies on January 24, 2007. The project has been a community-wide venture.