Colorado Department of Corrections

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government agency state corrections department

The Colorado Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing Colorado’s prison system, including the management and operation of state correctional facilities and offender rehabilitation programs.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Colorado Department of Corrections canonical	12
Colorado state prison system	3
Colorado DOC	1
Colorado Department of Corrections central office	1
Colorado Department of Corrections system	1
Colorado state prisons	1
Division of Adult Parole (Colorado Department of Corrections)	1
Division of Prisons (Colorado Department of Corrections)	1
Office of Clinical and Correctional Services (Colorado Department of Corrections)	1
Office of Community Corrections (Colorado Department of Corrections)	1
Office of the Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13440798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Colorado Department of Corrections
Context triple: [Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, operatedBy, Colorado Department of Corrections]

A. Colorado State Penitentiary
Colorado State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison in Colorado that houses some of the state’s most dangerous offenders.
B. Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility is a long-standing state prison in Colorado that houses adult male inmates and serves as part of the Colorado Department of Corrections system.
C. Oklahoma Department of Corrections
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing prisons, probation, parole, and rehabilitation programs for adult offenders in Oklahoma.
D. Missouri Department of Corrections
The Missouri Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing adult correctional facilities, probation, and parole services in Missouri.
E. Nevada Department of Corrections
The Nevada Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing and managing Nevada’s prison system and the incarceration, rehabilitation, and supervision of offenders.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Colorado Department of Corrections
Target entity description: The Colorado Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing Colorado’s prison system, including the management and operation of state correctional facilities and offender rehabilitation programs.

A. Colorado State Penitentiary
Colorado State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison in Colorado that houses some of the state’s most dangerous offenders.
B. Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility is a long-standing state prison in Colorado that houses adult male inmates and serves as part of the Colorado Department of Corrections system.
C. Oklahoma Department of Corrections
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing prisons, probation, parole, and rehabilitation programs for adult offenders in Oklahoma.
D. Missouri Department of Corrections
The Missouri Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing adult correctional facilities, probation, and parole services in Missouri.
E. Nevada Department of Corrections
The Nevada Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing and managing Nevada’s prison system and the incarceration, rehabilitation, and supervision of offenders.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ state corrections department ⓘ
abbreviation	CDOC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Colorado DOC ⓘ linked to: Colorado Department of Corrections
collaboratesWith	Colorado Judicial Branch ⓘ linked to: Judicial Branch of Colorado Colorado Parole Board ⓘ community corrections providers in Colorado ⓘ local law enforcement agencies in Colorado ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employs	administrative staff ⓘ correctional officers ⓘ medical staff ⓘ mental health professionals ⓘ parole officers ⓘ
fundedBy	State of Colorado budget ⓘ
goal	offender rehabilitation ⓘ public safety in Colorado ⓘ reducing recidivism ⓘ
hasDivision	Division of Adult Parole (Colorado Department of Corrections) ⓘ linked to: Colorado Department of Corrections Division of Prisons (Colorado Department of Corrections) ⓘ linked to: Colorado Department of Corrections Office of Clinical and Correctional Services (Colorado Department of Corrections) ⓘ linked to: Colorado Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections (Colorado Department of Corrections) ⓘ linked to: Colorado Department of Corrections Office of Inspector General (Colorado Department of Corrections) ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Colorado ⓘ Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Colorado ⓘ linked to: Colorado
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Colorado Revised Statutes ⓘ linked to: Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.)
operatesIn	Colorado ⓘ
oversees	Colorado correctional facilities ⓘ Colorado private prisons under contract ⓘ Colorado state prisons ⓘ linked to: Colorado Department of Corrections community corrections programs in Colorado ⓘ parole supervision in Colorado ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of Colorado ⓘ
partOf	Colorado state government ⓘ linked to: Government of Colorado
provides	educational programs for offenders ⓘ mental health services for offenders ⓘ reentry programs for offenders ⓘ substance abuse treatment programs for offenders ⓘ vocational training for offenders ⓘ
responsibleFor	custody of felony offenders sentenced to state prison in Colorado ⓘ management of state correctional facilities in Colorado ⓘ offender rehabilitation programs in Colorado ⓘ operation of state correctional facilities in Colorado ⓘ state prison system in Colorado ⓘ supervision of incarcerated offenders in Colorado state prisons ⓘ
website	https://cdoc.colorado.gov ⓘ

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