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.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Crime and Justice in Colorado

Kim English and her team over at the Department of Criminal Justice have put together thsi excellent report on crime and justice in Colorado.

The Office of Research and Statistics, located in the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, presents to the state this comprehensive picture of the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Relying heavily on graphics and a non-technical format, it brings together a wide variety of data from multiple sources, including DCJ’s own databases, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Colorado Judicial Branch, the Department of Corrections, and the Division of Youth Corrections.

A local perspective on crime and justice is provided: twenty-six years of arrest data from all counties in the state are summarized in Section 8 of the report using data from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

The most recent data available are presented here. Depending on the data source, the latest dates vary between 2000 and 2006.
This report attempts to assist the state as it seeks to appreciate the complexity of the crime problem and the criminal justice system respons
DCJ REPORT

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