Persons with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System - Colorado's Response
This issue brief outlines Colorado's efforts to address issues associated with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
Second Regular Session | 73rd General Assembly
Colorado General AssemblyThis issue brief outlines Colorado's efforts to address issues associated with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committees.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee during the SMART Act hearings.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying law, which legalized the practice of prescribing medical aid-in-dying medication to eligible terminally ill patients in Colorado.
The purpose of this publication is to compile information on Colorado law related to sex offenses and sex offenders. Included in this report is the following:
• a listing of sex offenses in Colorado law;
• information...
Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data. In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number of suicides in the state’s history. This issue brief outlines legislative...
Colorado’s state court system is comprised of many different courts, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals (COA), and district courts. Colorado law also governs county courts and jurisdiction-specific courts in Denver.1 This issue brief describes the qualification requirements and...