Author: Beth McCann

Beth McCann As a former state legislator and proud citizen of Denver, I was viscerally upset by the recent damage done to the Colorado State Capitol. More than a million dollars worth of damage was done, and I have to say, I am sad when I drive by and see the obscene language scrawled on…

Beth McCann There is no doubt that Colorado’s prisons are packed with people suffering from behavioral health issues and whose illnesses have put them on a path to incarceration. Your June 18 cover story, “Locking up Colorado’s mentally ill,” accurately details the confluence of issues that led to this crisis. The deinstitutionalization movement shifted mental…