Colorado lawmakers consider banning cash bail for petty crimes, joining national reform movement
"The bill would ban judges from setting money bail for those charged with traffic offenses and municipal charges. The bill would not...
Anti-Poverty Advocates Push Bill To Force Judges To Ditch Cash Bail For Petty Crimes
"House Bill 19-1225 has bipartisan sponsorship. The measure gets its first hearing in the state House on Thursday, where the judiciary...
Bill Would End Bail Requirement for Some Low-Level Offenses
"House Bill 1225, which will be debated today, March 14, in the House Judiciary Committee, would end the monetary bail requirement for...
Colorado’s prison budget nears $1 billion as inmate population grows. Frustrated leaders wanted acti
"In the current budget, the state counts 14,505 beds at state corrections facilities; 3,371 at private prisons; and 669 jail beds. The...
JBC REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO CORRECTIONS REFORM
“Legislative efforts passed this year, which were designed to more effectively and appropriately reduce the number of inmates through...
JBC Reaffirms Commitment to Corrections Reform
(June 20) – Today, members of the Joint Budget Committee reaffirmed the work from the 2018 legislative session on pushing for meaningful...
Colorado prisons say they could run out of room next year. Lawmakers say they’ve heard the alarm bef
The escalating political pressure comes at a critical juncture for the prison system, whose officials warn lawmakers they could run out...
Senators push to reopen state prison in final week of the session, bucking correctional reform effor
The momentum came to an end Tuesday when the House Judiciary Committee voted 6-5 along party lines to kill the bill. Several of the...
Lawmakers at odds with Hickenlooper administration over leasing private prison
“There is a concern that we are taking human judgment out of the equation and we’re working only for budgetary targets,” Sobanet told the...
