Young people incarcerated in Colorado are in crisis. Violence in Colorado’s Division of Youth Corrections (DYC) facilities has risen dramatically in recent years, leaving youth and staff feeling unsafe and afraid. Colorado’s youth correctional facilities have higher rates of fights and assaults than other states, and youth and staff are commonly injured during these incidents. In this chaotic and violent environment, children cannot thrive.
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Bring Our Neighbors Home is a multi-year, community driven campaign to increase pretrial liberty while working to end wealth-based detention and combat racism at every stage of the criminal legal system. People accused of crimes must be afforded the presumption of innocence, and whenever possible should remain free while resolving their legal cases. Money bond unjustly forces people to stay in jail solely because they can’t afford to pay for their freedom. The presumption of innocence is only a theory unless it is put into practice. Bring Our Neighbors Home will help make that possible.
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The civil liberties stories and cases taken on by the ACLU are often shocking. We have taken on cases of children held in solitary confinement, a teacher fired after expressing breast milk for her baby at work, and a man killed by state patrol officers after they entered his home without a warrant. It is hard to believe such things happen, but they do. Fortunately, the ACLU of Colorado is here to respond, working more effectively than ever. We won victories in all of those cases and brought about long-term changes in policy in each case.
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Monday, April 1, 2013 - 10:15am
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