Colorado DOC says Recidiviz tools are live as lawmakers press for oversight

Colorado corrections officials told lawmakers Monday that Recidiviz tools are already live in several areas, including data ingestion, dashboards, policy analysis, workflow automation and a meeting-transcription assistant for case managers and parole officers.

The Department of Corrections told the Joint Technology Committee that the tools are not making substantive parole or case-management decisions. Officials said the systems pull from DOC records while staff retain responsibility for parole, custody, classification and other outcomes.

Lawmakers focused on oversight. Vice Chair Tatone cited an earlier DOC risk-assessment system that lawmakers have said had a 98% error rate and asked what would prevent similar failures in the new partnership.

DOC said its immediate AI use is limited to the transcription assistant, which provides real-time transcription and generates a summary and case-note recommendation for staff review. Officials said the department is using trusted-user testing, iterative validation and consistency checks before broader rollout.

The department described the partnership as a way to centralize information and reduce administrative work. In a February announcement, DOC said Recidiviz would make data more accessible and actionable and give supervisors internal metrics to monitor effectiveness.

Officials also said the partnership is still early and that they were not aware of direct legislative reporting requirements specific to Recidiviz. Lawmakers asked DOC to provide written follow-up on which products are live, what data they use and what audit trail exists for testing and review.