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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
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Mar 08, 2016
Statement of ACLU of Colorado Executive Director Nathan Woodliff-Stanley on Downtown Denver Homeless Sweeps
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Feb 24, 2016
Prepared Testimony of ACLU of Colorado Executive Director Nathan Woodliff-Stanley on the Right to Rest Act
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Feb 10, 2016
ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of Former Professor Banned from Campus for Criticizing University
DENVER - The ACLU of Colorado filed suit this morning on behalf of Danny Ledonne, a former professor who was banned by school officials from the Adams State University campus in Alamosa, CO after he created a website criticizing various university administration practices.
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