The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the conditions inside Colorado’s prisons and juvenile detention facilities, the federal agency announced Monday.

The probe will examine “policies and practices” within the Colorado Department of Corrections and Division of Youth Services “to ensure that DOC inmates and youths in the custody of DYS are being afforded their rights under the U.S. Constitution and federal law,” the Justice Department said in a news release.

“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 said in a statement. “We are committed to upholding our federal civil rights laws so that no one is subject to

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