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.


Saturday, March 03, 2007

Gang Violence on the Rise?

We have deprioritized working with kids for years. Funding streams have been diverted to building prisons and the kids and our communities are the ones who suffer.

Of eight homicide victims in Denver this year, half died in suspected gang violence, though none of the four was involved in a gang themselves. "I'm stunned," Denver city councilman Michael Hancock said of the number of suspected gang-related homicides. "It's worse than what I thought."
Rocky Mountain News

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