Colorado criminal justice advocates are viewing the U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the state’s adult prisons and juvenile detention centers with a healthy dose of skepticism, hoping the Trump administration will conduct a thorough probe while wondering whether the entire announcement amounts to little more than a political stunt.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, in a letter Monday to Gov. Jared Polis, said it will examine “policies and practices” within the Colorado Department of Corrections and Division of Youth Services to determine whether the state is violating the constitutional rights of adult inmates and youth detainees through excessive force, inadequate medical care and nutrition, and policies surrounding the housing of transgender offenders.

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