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After hearing Sam Mandez’s story, the judge could only cry Mandez, who was accused...
GREELEY — On Thursday morning inside Weld County courtroom No. 12, even the judge was in tears.
Standing before her, head shaved, staring straight ahead...
Mitch Morrissey, term-limited as Denver DA in 2017, considers running again The career prosecutor...
Former three-term Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey may run for the job again next year.
Morrissey confirmed his consideration of a re-election bid during a...
Denver averts halfway-house crisis — for now The city council just put out a...
There will be no mass reincarceration of hundreds of Denver halfway-house residents, the city council ensured Monday.
The council voted unanimously to approve one contract...
Guest Post: Colorado’s death penalty does not put inmates to death
Many Coloradans who favor the death penalty might be surprised to learn juries here seldom impose a death sentence, and Colorado rarely executes an...
Denver “optimistic” halfway house residents won’t be returned to jail, prison City could seek...
Denver officials say they are hopeful they can reach a near-term agreement to keep six privately run halfway houses open into 2020.
As for what...
The Indy 500: The courage of undocumented immigrants who talk to reporters
We reporters are used to being stood up.
Our sources often get cold feet. And for good reason: Many have a lot to lose by...
Inside Centennial South, the maximum security prison Colorado could soon reopen The Independent tagged...
If you've driven U.S. 50 between Colorado Springs and Cañon City, you may have seen this building.
It's called Centennial South, but was formerly known...
Bombshell Denver vote to kill halfway-house contracts has ex-inmates scared, officials scrambling The City...
Hassan Latif, who works to transition the formerly incarcerated back into society, has been on the phone nearly nonstop since the Denver City Council...
In stunner, conflicted Denver City Council kills contracts with private prison giants Councilwoman who...
Taking an extraordinary stand against the nation’s two largest private prison companies, GEO Group and CoreCivic, Denver City Council voted late Monday not to...
Guest Post: Our moral imperative to stand up to GEO Group We make these...
Given the U.S government’s increasing criminal disregard for the human rights of immigrants, we the members of Sanctuary for All Colorado applaud the congressional...