State lawmakers have yet to fund an $11 million effort to reform Colorado courts’ long-troubled competency system, raising alarm among supporters as the end of the legislative session looms. If funded, the bill, HB24-1355, would create a statewide diversion program aimed at shifting thousands of people with mental illness out of the criminal justice system … Read more
A plan by the Colorado Department of Human Services to house up to 32 people with severe mental illness — possibly including sex offenders — in a Northglenn neighborhood near schools and playgrounds has energized neighbors to do what they can to stop it. Conflicting details about the proposal have swirled throughout the community in … Read more
Colorado lawmakers hope to improve the state courts’ long-troubled competency system by creating a program aimed at moving mentally ill criminal defendants out of courtrooms and into mental health care. The sweeping diversion program would create a pathway for thousands of people who are charged with mid- to low-level crimes to receive mental health care … Read more
