youth crime
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Colorado Division of Youth Services fixes reporting issues on juvenile recidivism, education
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A state audit found significant improvements in the accuracy of the Colorado Division of Youth Services’ reporting on recidivism and educational outcomes of young offenders. In 2019, the division was revealed to be miscalculating and using incomplete data for its annual reports. This resulted in reports that under-represented the recurring criminal offenses of youths discharged…
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COVER STORY | Colorado legislature on rising youth violence: ‘We’re at a crisis’
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Pamela Cabriales was “beautiful, inside and out.” That’s how family and friends described the 32-year-old Denver real estate agent and mother of a 6-year-old son. Pamela was regarded as the embodiment of pure love, always reaching out and trying to help others. On Feb. 20, 2021, Pamela was driving in downtown Denver after leaving dinner with a…
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Aurora’s latest mass shooting connected to party; multiple shooters at large
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Sunday’s mass shooting that left five people wounded in Aurora has been connected to a nearby party, according to the Aurora Police Department. No arrests have been made as of Monday evening. The shooting happened just after midnight in the area of North Dayton Street and East Colfax Avenue. Police said they believe the shooters…
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Aurora leaders respond to third large youth shooting in 2 weeks
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The Aurora community is reeling after five people were shot Sunday in the city’s latest act of mass gun violence. The shooting, which hospitalized boys age 16 to 20, is the third large shooting in Aurora in under two weeks, all involving teenage victims. The first shooting, outside of Aurora Central High School, left six…
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Balis: Fixing youth corrections in Colorado starts by reducing its use
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Disturbing conditions in Colorado’s youth corrections facilities were documented in the report Bound and Broken by the Child Safety Coalition. While the allegations and disagreements between the report’s authors and the state’s Department of Youth Corrections (DYC) might seem unbridgeable, there is a path forward for Colorado that starts with rethinking its approach to troubled…
