Think Outside the Cage
A blog of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, focused on reversing the trend of mass incarceration.
Author: Christie Donner, executive director of the coalition, and Pamela Clifton, the coalition's outreach coordinator, contribute to the blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • States • Colorado
Recent Posts from Think Outside the Cage
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Former Inmate Becomes Small Business Owner
9 News SHERIDAN - How many of us can truly say we found our life's calling? Sewing found Johnny Wimberly as a teenager, long before he found this work as a small business owner, running…
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Department of Corrections Monthly Population - October
Department of Corrections The stats show that over 160 people have been released between accelerated release and HB 1351...
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Boulder Planning Board: Don't ban pot businesses - The Denver Post
Boulder Planning Board: Don't ban pot businesses - The Denver Post
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Children Of Incarcerated Parents...Guidelines for Federal Policymakers
Justice Center Council On State Governmentz(click here for report) The Issue The growth in the number of men and women incarcerated in the United States over the past twenty years has affected an extraordinary number…
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Cocaine Vaccine
Really...a vaccine against cocaine.click here for the whole paper... Cocaine Vaccine Shows Promise for Treating Addiction NIDA Study Suggests Harnessing the Immune System Against Cocaine Addiction May Prove Effective Immunization with an experimental anti-cocaine vaccine…
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Corry Files Injunction Against DOH
Injunction Filed Against Board of Health "Emergency" Ruling This afternoon attorney Rob Corry filed a petition on behalf of Medical Marijuana advocates seeking to enjoin recent actions of the Colorado Board of Health in holding…
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Dillon Rejects Dispensaries
The Denver Post DILLON, Colo.—Medical marijuana dispensaries have been banned, for now, in one Summit County town. The Dillon city council has voted down regulations that would have allowed dispensaries. The town is just a…
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CCA Third Quarter Profits Jump
AP Report NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Prison operator Corrections Corp. of America said its third-quarter profit jumped 19 percent as more prisoners were locked up in its California and Arizona facilities. The company said it earned…
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Looser Rules on Sentencing Stir Concerns Of Equity
Wall Street Journal(click here for full story) Earlier this year, a Florida man who had been running a fraud scheme that cheated investors out of about $15 million decided to come clean. Michael Riolo, 38…
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Impound Initiative Fails Breck Okays Pot
The Denver Post A ballot initiative requiring police to impound the vehicles of drivers without valid licenses failed tonight after more than two-thirds of voters opposed it, the Denver Post is reporting. All but one…