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Contact Information for the Press

Media seeking information about the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition should contact:

Christie Donner, Executive Director
1212 Mariposa St., #6
Denver, CO 80204
phone: (303) 825-0122 fax: (303) 825-0304
christie@ccjrc.org

 

Press Releases

Jun. 13, 2011

Denver Joins Nation in Saying "No More Drug War!"
Rally in Skyline Park to Commemorate Notorious 40th Anniversary of Nixon's War on Drugs (201k PDF)

Dec. 4, 2007

Groundbreaking National Study Finds Racial Disparity in Colorado Counties in the Imprisonment of African Americans for Drug Crimes (104k PDF)

The Vortex: The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties
Author: Justice Policy Institute (880k PDF)
To view the interactive state map, go to www.justicepolicy.org.

Nov. 7, 2007

ReEntry Guide developed to help people leaving prison (159k PDF)

 

Contact Info for Newspapers and Editorial Boards
Below is a list of websites for newspapers for the state of Colorado.

Newspapers

Alamosa Valley Courier

Aspen Aspen Daily News

Aspen Aspen Times

Aurora Aurora Sentinel

Bailey Republican and Fairplay Flume

Bayfield Pine River Times

Berthoud Weekly Surveyor

Boulder Boulder County Business Report

Boulder Boulder Dirt

Boulder Boulder Weekly

Boulder Colorado Daily

Boulder The Daily Camera

Breckenridge Summit News

Brighton Standard Blade

Brush Brush News Tribune

Canon Daily Record

Canon City Canyon Current

Carbon Valley Farmer and Miner

Castle Rock Douglas County News Press

Colorado Springs Business Journal

Colorado Springs Independent

Colorado Springs The Gazette

Commerce City Sentinel Express

Conifer Canyon Courier

Cortez Cortez Journal

Craig Craig Daily Press

Craig Moffat County Morning News

Crested Butte Crested Butte News

Delta Delta County Independent

Denver Denver Business Journal

Denver Denver Post

Denver Rocky Mountain News

Denver Westword

Durango Durango Herald

Eads Kiowa County Press

Eagle Eagle Valley Enterprise

Erie The Yellow Scene

Estes Park Estes Park Trail-Gazette

Evergreen Canyon Courier

Fairplay Fairplay Flume

Fort Collins Coloradoan

Fort Collins Northern CO Business Report

Fort Lupton Fort Lupton Express

Fort Morgan The Fort Morgan Times

Frisco Summit Daily News

Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Golden Jefferson County Transcript

Granby Sky-Hi News

Grand Junction GJ Free Press

Grand Junction The Daily Sentinel

Grand Lake Grand Lake Prospector

Greeley Greeley Tribune

Gunnison Country Times

Johnstown The Johnstown Breeze

Haxtun Haxtun-Fleming Herald

Kremmling Middle Park Times

La Junta AgJournalOnline

La Junta La Junta Tribune-Democrat

LaPorte North Forty News

Lakewood Jefferson Sentinel

Lamar Lamar Daily News

Leadville Leadville Herald Democrat

Longmont Daily Times-Call

Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald

Meeker Herald Times

Montrose Montrose Daily Press

Monument Tri-Lakes Tribune

Nederland The Mountain Ear

Pagosa Springs The Pagosa Springs Sun

Paonia High Country News

Pueblo Pueblo Chieftain

Rangely Herald Times

Rico The Rico Bugle

Rifle Citizen Telegram

Salida The Mountain Mail

Steamboat Springs Steamboat Pilot

Sterling Sterling Journal-Advocate

Telluride Telluride Watch

Trinidad The Chronicle News

Trinidad Trinidad Times Independent

Vail Vail Daily

Vail Vail Trail

Westcliffe Wet Mountain Tribune

Winter Park Winter Park Manifest

College Newspapers

Co St-Ft Collins Rocky Mountain Collegian

Fort Lewis College Independent

Mesa State-Grand Junction College Criterion

Metropolitan State-Denver Metropolitan

Univ of CO Denver The Advocate

Univ of Denver Clarion







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



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



69% of people in Colorado prisons for drug offenses, are people of color.



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



65% of women in prison are mothers of children under 18 years old.



1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men sent to prison were convicted of a drug offense.



Currently, 45 people a day are admitted to prison in Colorado.



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



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



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.



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