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Christie Donner

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Reader: Drug addicts are more likely to cause harm to themselves than to others

    Our post about a bill to reduce penalties for meth possession pitted AG John Suthers, who believes lower sentences will promote drug use, against Christie Donner, a legislation-supporter who advocates treatment over incarceration for low-level users. Readers debated these points, too; here's a post ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Meth misdemeanor bill backer disputes John Suthers, state meth task force

    Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is currently in Washington, D.C. for U.S. Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act. But in his absence, his office registered his objections to Senate Bill 12-163, which would, among other things, make possession of meth a misdemeanor rather than a cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    War on drugs' 40th anniversary: Protesters at Skyline Park say policy has failed (PHOTOS)

    ​Forty years ago today, President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs -- and according to protesters who gathered at Skyline Park earlier today, that's forty years too many for a failed policy that's done more damage than good not only to America, but to countries around the world.

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Parole re-entry guide helps freed former convicts face mean streets, lean job prospects

    ​There's nothing quite like the transition from doing hard time to looking for a job in hard times. Every year, Colorado's prison system sends about 10,000 felons back to society -- and roughly two-thirds of them end up back in prison within three years. In most cases, their return is not due ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Supermax showdown: Don't confuse us with facts

    "We were lucky that day": Colorado Department of Corrections Sgt. Bill Nelson describes responding to a 2007 inmate attack on Limon staffer Pam Kahanic (left).​At first glance, the idea of tapping into the badly stretched state budget for a few million to open one wing of a new supermax prison ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    Throwing the Book at Parole

    "We were lucky that day": Colorado Department of Corrections Sgt. Bill Nelson describes responding to a 2007 inmate attack on Limon staffer Pam Kahanic (left).​At first glance, the idea of tapping into the badly stretched state budget for a few million to open one wing of a new supermax prison ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Maxed Out

    Shipping inmates to private prisons is Colorado's cheap solution to overcrowding and violence. But so far, it's cost plenty.

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    A Chemistry Experiment

    The Denver Drug Court tests a formula for reclaiming addicts.

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Forfeit Me Not

    The legislature redefines a public nuisance

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 13, 2001

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    The Shifting Drug War

    The pendulum is swinging back from stiff mandatory sentences for drug offenses.

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Hard Cell

    As inmates attempt to defy guards and air grievances, a wave of brutal "forced cell entries" rocks Colorado's supermax prison.

  • News

    November 8, 1995

    THE WOMEN OF SUPERMAX

    COLORADO'S HIGHEST-SECURITY PRISON ISN'T JUST FOR TOUGH GUYS.

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