juvenile justice
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As crime rates rise in Colorado, restorative justice offers hope
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A recent report that details the skyrocketing societal and financial costs of rising crime rates in Colorado, coupled with a 50% recidivism rate – one of the worst in the country – have prompted a warning from leading prosecutors: Well-intended policies that coddle criminals have made life in the state more dangerous. But one philosophy…
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Colorado gets 2 dozen new laws, new budget Sunday
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From squatters to swatters and $29 billion, the Colorado state budget and 25 laws take effect Sunday. They are the products of the 120-day legislative session that ended in May, when lawmakers passed 432 rules and regulations – about 60 percent of those introduced after the session began in January – and Gov. John Hickenlooper…
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House passes Rep. Pete Lee’s bill to help, but not jail, truants
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DENVER – The Colorado House passed a bill this week to ease up on kids who skip schools, mainly by keeping truants out of incarceration, if at all possible. House Bill 1156 would allow detention in only in “very, very limited circumstances,” said Rep. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, a juvenile justice advocate who sponsored the…
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CASA names DHS’s Robert Werthwein a Friend of Children
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The new director of Colorado Office of Behavioral Health has another new title: Friend of Children. Robert Werthwein received the award from Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA. Werthwein was recognized for his work with the Colorado Department of Human Service’s Office of Children, Youth and Families from March 2015 to September 2017, before DHS…
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McCann creates juvenile prosecution unit
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has announced the creation of a separate juvenile prosecutions unit within the district attorney’s office. Effective Wednesday, March 1, the Juvenile and Drug Courts Unit will be reorganized to establish a separate juvenile unit, led by its own chief deputy and specially selected deputies. The drug court unit will continue…
