News & Commentary
Apr 06, 2016
Fact sheet: HB 16-1311 - A Bill to End Debtors' Prisons in Colorado
Municipal courts create debtors' prisons by using jail or the threat of jail to collect debts from the poor.In 2014, the legislature passed HB-1061 with near-unanimous bipartisan support, acting to end debtors' prisons in Colorado and ensure that no one ever be incarcerated for failure to pay court debts they are too poor to pay.Municipal courts skirt the law by issuing arrest warrants for defendants who fail to pay as scheduled.
Mar 11, 2016
Move Along to Where? Sweeps Illustrate Inhumane Treatment of Homeless and Vulnerable in Colorado
Mar 08, 2016
Statement of ACLU of Colorado Executive Director Nathan Woodliff-Stanley on Downtown Denver Homeless Sweeps
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