News & Commentary
May 01, 2014
Statewide CO Marriage Campaign Recognizes One-Year Civil Unions Anniversary, Renews Call for Full Equality
Apr 30, 2014
Denver Joins Growing List of Counties No Longer Honoring Federal Immigration Detainers
DENVER - 4/30 - Earlier today, Denver County Sheriff Gary Wilson announced that Denver will join the growing number of Colorado counties that have decided over the last two days to stop honoring immigration detainers from federal authorities that request that a person be held in jail for up to six days after they would otherwise be released.
Apr 30, 2014
ADVISORY: Community Leaders and Advocates to Respond to Several Colorado Sheriffs’ Decisions to No Longer Honor Federal Immigration Detainers
Apr 28, 2014
Colorado Legislature Bans Long-Term Solitary Confinement of Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness
Apr 23, 2014
Stories of Debtors' Prison
Today our debtors’ prison bill, which is aimed at ending the common practice in Colorado of jailing poor people for failure to pay fines, passed the state legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support. This victory is the result of two years of hard work and collaboration. In addition to bill sponsors Representative Joe Salazar and Senator Lucia Guzman, we commend and thank Jared Thornburg and Linda Roberts, the two Coloradans who chose to share their experiences with legislators and helped us put a human face on the issue. Their stories are below. ______________________________________________________Jared Thornburg:Jared Thornburg was recently unemployed, recovering from a serious workplace injury, and homeless when the City of Westminster threw him in jail for ten days because he could not pay a fine for driving a defective vehicle.
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