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Tag: cash bail
Colorado public defenders seek to release people from jail before COVID-19...
Colorado's public defenders are asking judges across the state to release jail inmates out of concern they could be hardest hit by COVID-19, the...
New data provides a glimpse into Colorado’s county jails Several counties,...
On Jan. 1, there were at least 9,802 people locked up in Colorado’s 57 jails. At least 409 of them were held in solitary...
Capitol Review: Criminal justice reforms address prison overcrowding, economic inequities
Editor’s note: The Indy is publishing a series of stories reviewing the 2019 legislative session in Colorado. Here, we focus on criminal justice. Other...
Bail, jail reforms promise relief for Colorado’s poorest
Colorado took a first step this week toward reforming a cash bail system that burdens the state’s poorest defendants.
House Bill 1225, which eliminates cash...
Colorado could limit jail time and bail for poorest defendants A...
Colorado is primed to take a major step toward reforming a bail system that systematically and disproportionately punishes the poorest of the poor.
Lawmakers say...