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Federal judge orders Weld County sheriff to protect health of jail...
A federal judge Monday ruled the treatment of inmates in the Weld County jail during the COVID-19 pandemic violated constitutional protections against cruel and...
Civil rights attorneys sue Weld County sheriff over COVID-19 response The...
The ACLU of Colorado and state civil rights attorneys filed a lawsuit in the federal district court on Tuesday alleging Weld County Sheriff Steve...
Colorado lawmakers want fewer people awaiting trial in jail Despite last...
Lawmakers this legislative session will debate bail reforms to ensure fewer people accused of committing a crime have to wait in jail before they...
Lawmakers eye drug sentencing reforms to ease projected prison population growth...
Editors note: House Democrats introduced a bill to change the penalties for drug possession on March 22.
The department that oversees Colorado’s prisons is again asking the...
Court finds government misconduct tainted Colorado death penalty case
A state appeals court has found that, in their efforts to convict David Bueno in a death-penalty case stemming from a 2004 prison murder, prosecutors withheld bombshell evidence that suggested they targeted the wrong man.