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Bound & Broken

Young people incarcerated in Colorado are in crisis. Violence in Colorado’s Division of Youth Corrections (DYC) facilities has risen dramatically in recent years, leaving youth and staff feeling unsafe and afraid.

February 10, 2017

2015-2016 ACLU of Colorado Annual Report

This was an incredible year full of victory and justice made possible by donors to the ACLU of Colorado. We are so grateful and hope you are as inspired by our community’s shared commitment to protect everyone’s civil liberties and civil rights as we are!

April 1, 2016

2014-2015 ACLU of Colorado Annual Report

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April 1, 2015

Black, Brown and Targeted: A Report on Boston Police Department Street Encounters from 2007–2010

NATIONAL REPORT
This ACLU research report, “Reckless Lawmaking: How Debt-Based Driver's License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources,” documents the pervasive practice of using driver’s license suspension as a consequence for unpaid fines and fees.

October 1, 2014

War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing

NATIONAL REPORT
Across the country, heavily armed Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams are forcing their way into people’s homes in the middle of the night, often deploying explosive devices such as flashbang grenades to temporarily blind and deafen residents.

June 1, 2014

Warehoused and Forgotten: Immigrants Trapped in Our Shadow Private Prison System

NATIONAL REPORT
Today, the United States has just 5% of the world’s population but nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners. But it has not always been this way.

June 1, 2014