2023 Fall/Winter Newsletter
It has been one year since the launch of our three-year strategic framework, The Road Ahead.
November 30, 2023
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People v. Johnson and People v. Austin
On November 6, 2023, we filed two amicus briefs together with the MacArther Justice Center and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, in two jury selection cases before the Colorado Supreme Court, People v. Johnson and People v. Austin.
November 8, 2023 Criminal Legal Reform Racial JusticeNiemeyer v. Colorado
On October 30, 2023, we filed an amicus brief calling for the Colorado Supreme Court to recognize that a person held at a police station for two hours, restrained with bags over her hands, interrogated, and not permitted to leave, is in police custody, no matter how police characterize the situat
November 3, 2023 Criminal Legal ReformVoteAmerica, et al. v. Schwab, et al.
On September 14, 2023, we filed an amicus brief together with the national ACLU and several other ACLU affiliates in VoteAmerica, et al. v.
September 14, 2023 Freedom of Expression & ReligionGriffith v. El Paso County, et al.
While in the El Paso County Jail, Darlene was excluded from housing with other women inmates, denied women’s undergarments and grooming products, mocked with improper pronouns, and subjected to a strip search by an unsupervised male guard.
August 28, 2023 LGBTQ+ EqualityLIFT People Impact Report 2023
LIFT Week 2023 was a transformative week of legislative education, training and mobilization centered on issues that will create long-term systemic change for those most impacted by an unjust criminal legal system and an escalating housing crisis.
July 18, 2023