Colorado

In states that restored people’s voting rights, many public agencies aren’t doing enough to assist, and the pandemic slowed grassroots plans to pick up the slack.

Nationwide efforts against the death penalty and against prison gerrymandering have gained considerable momentum just over the past two years.

Advocates of criminal justice reform prepare their next legislative efforts in states like Colorado where the 2019 session is over.

A new Colorado law curbs ICE’s reach, but it was weakened during the legislative process and stripped of its prohibition against ICE contracts.

Illinois is set to legalize marijuana, while Colorado and Oklahoma tackled possession of other drugs.

Colorado and Nevada will now restore voting rights upon release from incarceration, amid nationwide efforts against disenfranchisement.

Colorado requires free menstrual hygiene products in jails and restricts pretrial detention, Louisiana takes a step against incarcerating witness, and more

The New York legislature overhauled discovery and bail, adopting a budget deal that contains reforms that state organizers have long worked toward.

A proposed bill would restrict the Colorado sheriffs’ ability to detain people for ICE and enter deals with the agency.

People laughed when Kanye called for abolishing the “trap door” in the 13th Amendment. Now Coloradans are voting on theirs.

This article is part of the Political Report’s coverage of the 2018 criminal justice elections. The Democratic primary for attorney general of Colorado pitted state Representative Joe Salazar against Phil Weiser, a law professor at the University of Colorado. Both articulated a series of reform-oriented positions: support for the state’s marijuana legalization and bail reform, opposition […]

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