Who is the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition?

Our mission is to reverse the trend of mass incarceration in Colorado. We are a coalition of nearly 7,000 individual members and over 100 faith and community organizations who have united to stop perpetual prison expansion in Colorado through policy and sentence reform.

Our chief areas of interest include drug policy reform, women in prison, racial injustice, the impact of incarceration on children and families, the problems associated with re-entry and stopping the practice of using private prisons in our state.

If you would like to be involved please go to our website and become a member.


Friday, January 19, 2007

Shipped To Oklahoma

I received an email from a concerned parent last night

I was just informed that my son, was transferred from AVCF to Oklahoma.

As your newsletter indicated, there was no advanced notice to him or his family. He was limited in how much he could take with him.

My son made a mistake; but he has worked hard to make up for that. He was in a welding program and was almost finished with that. He was also about one week away from being reclassified to MR. (minimum restrictive)

I am wondering if you know who, at DOC, I could write or call to express my concerns about what this will do to a person who was on a positive path to eventual reintegration into society?


Just thought you should know.

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