- The proposal would require people to be released within four hours of posting bond, and for courts to staff on weekends to speed up judge advisements.
- The 432-bed annex is privately run and has fallen under criticism for disease outbreaks and shrouding information.
- Public defenders and criminal justice say drug possession isn’t a crime that warrants a felony charge, which can yield prison time.
- Gov. Polis says he won't interfere with the relationship between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities — a stance that is likely to disappoint immigration advocates and some state lawmakers.
- “This will significantly reduce the criminalization of people with mental illness,” a Disability Law Colorado lawyer said.
- When the poorest of the poor cannot afford to pay a ticket, or when they fail to make a court date, they are often unable to post bond and can get stuck in a jail for weeks.
- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Masterpiece Cakeshop baker Jack Phillips are dropping legal pursuits against each other.
- A rare tour offered to journalists aimed to demonstrate how ICE was responding to a public health crisis. U.S. Rep Jason Crow and Aurora council members have been demanding such a tour to no avail.
- City officials will now give written notice of sweeps and clean-ups in advance, when possible.
- State lawmakers plan to introduce various pieces of legislation that would disrupt ICE procedures, such as banning sheriffs from holding immigrants at the agency's request.
- A leader in Colorado’s archdiocese told CPR News last September that there had been no new allegations of sexual abuse on a minor in Colorado since 2002.
- Because SCOTUS didn’t settle the looming question on whether the First Amendment guarantees of religious freedom are more important than a state or city’s anti-discrimination laws, similar cases are again simmering in lower courts.
- Building more beds across the state won’t solve the crush of people waiting sometimes months in jail for competency treatment.
- The "civil bed freeze" was meant to help state officials treat more mentally ill prisoners more quickly, but was criticized by advocates for seizing resources.
- A 23-year-old died in 2018 after prosecutors say the two officers improperly handcuffed him in the back of a van.
- District attorneys and other law enforcement officials see a spike in addiction across the state as a major source of the problem.
