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I am a previous resident at the beacon. I just was released on 01/15/25 and this place changed my life for the better. It offers something you will never find in any other facility. The staff and residents alike are like family. We grow and adapt with one another and like family not everyone gets along or sees eye to eye but we support each other through and through. Please don't move this place, the culture alone would not withstand in another facility. The beacon is apart of my life, my family and my change. Expanding needs to happen when the time is right and the plan is in place not on the whim of a dime. I love you beacon family! Good luck!
Robert supported: Preserve The Beacon at Skyline Correctional CenterI don't want the skyline to close as without it my family and many more would be devastated. For the first time in years I could go outside and play ball with my dad unlike a prison before this one at CTCF all we had to do was sit at a table and talk to each other for 5 hours. If this effect occurs, he will be moved to Four mile, which is basically the same thing as CTCF and was one of our lives most miserable times. Also the programs help people get out of there and not just leave but be changed as all the programs are changing everybody for the better, recently someone who had a life with no parole got released because of all their good behavior and the programs they did and now he will do great things. The programs my dad plans to make sound astonishing and his friends want to help him show most people in there are good people by heart and want to continue helping everyone. When I visited for the first time I noticed a lack of fence and saw some people by the porch and saw some at the chapel completely unfazed about the lack of fence and there hasn't been a time where someone tried to escape because they know they are at the best place and don't want to ruin it for themselves or others. The visits are also the best, compared to CTCF one visit to the skyline was thousand of CTCF possibly more. On the first day of being there it was mothers day so we got to walk to the chapel and watch some videos and have some public speakers, the inmates, go up and talk about their appreciation for moms and the skyline in general, then we got to have a feast in an enormous visiting room, right after we went outside to play with a ball. Not to mention the staff are so nice, not only to us the visitors but to the inmates, my dad talks about how nice they are all the time.
The skyline at the beacon should stay open and keep making good people as it already proved to have done.
Regards,
Aiden Syvertson
Aiden supported: Preserve The Beacon at Skyline Correctional CenterI was a resident at the beacon. It was a place that supported change and cultivated an environment of healing and owning our past. It gave us the tools to heal from our traumas and to understand the damage we caused in our communities. I hope this place stays open and continues to help those like me who have become successful in the world.
Zachary supported: Preserve The Beacon at Skyline Correctional CenterThis is people’s home. This is what they know. And many have earned the privilege of being at this facility. Many have been there for years.. others just passing through, like my brother who is eligible for the half way home here soon. But even with him potentially getting out soon- this is still his and many others HOME. They are not pawns. They are humans. And they want to stay.
Nichelle supported: Preserve The Beacon at Skyline Correctional CenterThis facility is changing lives. Please help the residents and staff who work and live here in their effort to keep Colorado DOC from relocating it and ruining the culture it has built. The time I spent here allowed me to build a better me for myself, my community and my loved ones. It is an important key to rehabilitation and it needs to stay open. #savethebeacon
Michael supported: Preserve The Beacon at Skyline Correctional CenterI was a volunteer in a prison program in the NYS system
offering meditation and religious services to inmates for a number of years. For many of the inmates I was in regular contact with, the program meant the difference between going through the motions of "approved" programs with a degree of resignation and cynicism
Mark supported: Preserve The Beacon at Skyline Correctional CenterOur son has been in the Beacon at Skyline program for almost one year. He has been able to attend college classes and “self help” courses. The atmosphere at this facility has helped to keep a positive attitude and to look forward to completing a Bachelor Degree. The visiting area is a much more comfortable and friendly area than his previous facility. As seniors, we appreciate the accommodations, including the ability to bring a service dog. All of the other inmates and their visitors are friendly to all. The staff show that they truly care about the inmates. This facility and the staff are SO encouraging to the inmates and help them to be prepared for release. It would be a great disservice to close this facility.
Lora supported: Preserve The Beacon at Skyline Correctional CenterMy Nephew Tommy has benefited from the services that provide inmates support and direction to view life differently than what got them incarcerated. Giving a person life perspective tools will and does aid them in handling themselves differently and make them choose wiser.
Karen supported: Preserve The Beacon at Skyline Correctional CenterI am beacon. This program changed my life. Now I'm free and thriving! Don't close the beacon!
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