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To all of you who have been so supportive and generous to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, we are happily reminding you to:

You are invited to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition's Miniature Golf Tournament

Thursday September 16th 5 - 9:30 p.m.

Appetizers
Silent and Live Auction
Dinner and Wine

Kennedy Golf Course
10500 E Hampden Ave
Aurora, CO 80014-2807
(720) 865-0728

Purchase Your Tickets Online!

Frequent updates on exciting auction items will be posted here.

Last year we:

Had a Sold Out, rousing good time!

Buy your tickets early for our 2010 event!

On-line purchasing information will be coming soon.

Thanks to all of you, we had a very financially successful 2009 fund raiser!

The financial support from all of you last year helped CCJRC move forward with our numerous legislative efforts, our ongoing distribution of free copies of our re-entry guide "Getting on After Getting Out" to people in prison and on parole, issuing our special Homeless Parolee Report, Sentencing Reform for Drug Offenders; as well as our ongoing efforts to reduce recidivism by addressing re-entry barriers.

Let's make the 2010 event even more successful with your attendance and participation.

Please click on our "What We Do" link for updates on CCJRC's continuous efforts to effect change in Colorado's prison system. Click on our "Get Involved link" for more support information.

 

Future Events

CCJRC'S Annual Garden Party

Each summer this lovely and delicious event is held at the private residence of one our Board members.

Join CCJRC for an evening of food, conversation, flowers, birds & bees.

Your donation will be gladly accepted.

Look for more Garden Party details here, on our new CCJRC Event page.

 

Festivals

CCJRC will be hosting a table at the following festivals this year.

Attend, have fun while supporting the event. Find Us! Learn more about CCJRC.

23rd Annual Cinco de Mayo Festival
May 8th & 9th, 2010
10:00am to 8:00pm both days
Denver Civic Center Park
FREE Admission
http://www.cincodemayodenver.com

2010 CHUN Capitol Hill People's Fair
June 5 and 6, 2010
Denver Civic Center Park
Saturday - 10am to 8pm
Sunday - 10am to 7pm
FREE Admission!
http://www.chundenver.org/display_page.asp?site_id=5&page_id=149&m=1&pid=186

Denver PrideFest
June 19th 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
June 20th 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Denver Civic Center Park
http://www.glbtcolorado.org/PrideFest.aspx

 

CCJRC Meeting Dates

If you are interested in attending these meetings to support CCJRC's agenda through the Commissions, please contact Christie Donner through CCJRC's website, for more information regarding your interest area and who your CCJRC staff contact will be.

If you are interested in more information for your own benefit, about either of these Commissions, please respond to their links below.

 

Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice
Unless otherwise noted, Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice meetings occur between 12:30-4:30pm on the second Friday of each month at the National Enforcement Training Institute (NETI) in Lakewood , CO .

Click the link below for the Commission's 2010 meeting schedule, agenda, and meeting minutes.
http://cdpsweb.state.co.us/cccjj/2010_Meeting_Schedule.html

Denver Crime Prevention & Control Commission
Meets on the Third Wednesday of each month, 3 pm -5 pm at 13th and Cherokee, Denver in the police auditorium.

There are also a number of subcommittees that meet.

You can find find the 2010 meeting schedule at the link below.
http://www.denvergov.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.denvergov.org/crimeprevention







90% of women in prison were assessed to be in need of substance abuse treatment.



The odds of a male born in 2001 going to prison during his lifetime are: 1 in 3 for African Americans, 1 in 6 for Latinos, and 1 in 17 for Caucasians.



The United States incarcerates more people for drug offenses, than the European Union does for all offenses combined.



The DOC projects that by 2008, 1 out of 5 people in Colorado prisons will suffer from a serious mental illness.



The Dept of Corrections budget is $703 million, up from $70 million in 1985.



The state paid private prisons over $90 million this year to house 5,000 state prisoners.



Colorado prison population has grown 604% since 1980, while the population of the state grew 59%.



86% of women sent to Colorado's prisons in 2004 were convicted of a non-violent offense.



Every year, 28% of people who are sent to prison were revoked for a technical violation of parole.