Resources: Criminal Justice

2010 Prison Quick Facts

Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition; 2010; 2 pages.

This resource outlines facts related to prison population growth; incarceration rates; prison construction; the cost of corrections; women in prison; the impact on children; racial disparity in prison; mental illness in prison; how drug offenses drive prison growth; parole and technical violations.

Homelessness and Parole: A Survey of Denver's Shelters

Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition; August, 2009; 26 pages.

In the spring of 2007, The Piton Foundation released a report indicating a quarter of the people on parole in the Denver metro area resided either in homeless shelters or other temporary housing.  The Department of Corrections has not historically tracked the specific number of parolees who have been released homeless, so it is not possible to determine whether there has been an increase in homelessness among parolees over time. Because of the gap in information about homeless parolees, CCJRC decided to conduct this survey in order to better understand the drivers of homelessness among parolees and the experiences of both homeless parolees and shelter providers.

My Name is Bob

Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition; 10 pages.

This is a three-part series about Bob, a man recently released from prison to Denver and his experience those first few days out of prison.

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