Next door to the Boulder County Jail is a brand-new alternative sentencing facility hoping to offer alternatives to incarceration that focus on rehabilitation. Named after the former Boulder County Sheriff, the Joe Pelle Center is an alternative sentencing facility that will replace private halfway houses in the county and hopes to lower the chances of criminals re-offending.

Joe Pelle Center in Boulder County CBS

The more than 50,000 square-foot facility is able to house up to 252 offenders while serving others who may not be required to stay overnight.

Tim Hand is the facility administrator at the center, and his goal is to help low-risk criminals adjust back to normal life.

"It means a change, an investment into the future for the citizens of Boulder," Hand said, "We want it to be

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