News & Commentary
Mar 25, 2014
CDOC Takes Momentous Step Toward Providing Better Treatment to Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness
Statement of ACLU Staff Attorney Rebecca Wallace
“The ACLU of Colorado commends Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Rick Raemisch and his staff who have shown remarkable leadership on this issue.
“Adoption of this policy is a momentous step toward ensuring that prisoners with a serious mental illness are not held in solitary confinement and will receive meaningful out-of-cell mental health treatment.”
Read the new policy here: http://www.doc.state.co.us/sites/default/files/ar/0650_04_040114.pdf
Mar 24, 2014
After ACLU Letter, DISH Network Agrees to Accommodate Nursing Employees
DENVER – In response to a letter from the ACLU of Colorado, DISH Network has agreed to make several improvements on their accommodations for nursing mothers.
Mar 19, 2014
Statement of the ACLU of Colorado Public Policy Director Denise Maes on “social misbehavior” ordinances approved last night by the Boulder City Council
Mar 19, 2014
ACLU Challenges Grand Junction Anti-Panhandling Law
DENVER – The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed suit this morning challenging an anti-panhandling ordinance recently approved by the City of Grand Junction. According to the ACLU complaint, the ordinance bans a wide swath of speech that is protected by the First Amendment.
Mar 17, 2014
Statement of ACLU of Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein on the Colorado Supreme Court’s Decision to Consider School Voucher Case
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