Overview
- State officials notified Magnus White’s parents this week that Yeva Smilianska is being considered for community corrections only months into her four-year prison term.
- Colorado law permits consideration for community corrections up to 16 months before parole eligibility for those not convicted of a violent crime, according to the DOC.
- Smilianska remains incarcerated at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, and DOC records list a current prison release date of April 1, 2029.
- The White family filed a formal complaint asserting the Boulder County Community Corrections Board overstepped its role and disregarded victims’ rights.
- Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty criticized the referral process as undercutting the court’s sentence, and family advocates with The White Line called it a failure of accountability.