STATEWIDE, Colo. (KKTV) -The Justice Department announced on Monday that it will be investigating conditions at Colorado’s prisons and youth facilities.

The Department of Justice said it is a civil investigation of both the Department of Corrections and the Department of Youth Services to review their policies and practices to ensure that the inmates and youth in custody are being afforded their rights.

“The Constitution protects every American, whether they are a young person confined in a juvenile facility or an elderly person confined to a prison,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said. “We are committed to upholding our federal civil rights laws so that no one is subject to unconstitutional mistreatment when held in state

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