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Polis signs bills to protect sex workers from violence, keep people with mental health issues out of jail
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Gov. Jared Polis signed two bills Monday that aim to protect sex workers from violent crime and prevent people with mental health issues from entering the criminal justice system. Effective immediately, House Bill 1288 allows sex workers to report violent crimes without fear of being arrested by granting victims and witnesses of violent crime immunity…
