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Bill curtailing solitary confinement faces changes to reduce cost

By | 03.15.11 | 8:05 am

Amendments to strip off an expected fiscal note are on the way for a bill sponsors say would protect those with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities from being placed in solitary confinement while incarcerated.

Denver groups seek to bury illegal immigrant impound initiative

By | 10.16.09 | 9:53 am

DENVER — A phone bank jammed with more than 30 volunteers was ringing phones off the hook earlier this week, asking residents to vote no on “impound” Initiative 300.

“This would force police to do something that will cost us roughly $6 million to implement,” said Carolyn Siegel from Coloradans for Safe Communities, a coalition of labor, advocacy and religious groups.