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, August 18, 2007

Council's Role in Initiatives

A proposal this week to enact an initiative that would make adult possession of less than an ounce of pot the "lowest law enforcement priority" left some people wondering: What are Denver's elected officials smoking?

But it was actually a proposed strategy to let the city's legal team immediately start to prove that the initiative is legally flawed, as city attorneys say it is, so a court will toss it out.

The council will consider the strategy and other legal options in a closed-door meeting Monday.

Mason Tvert, spokesman for Citizens for a Safer Denver, the pro-pot group campaigning for the initiative, said Friday that city officials are wasting their time.


Rocky Mountain News

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