Tag: sober-living
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The Broken Promise of Caring for Denver: When Ambition Outpaces Accountability—A Scam in Disguise? Denver’s Mental Health and Reentry Crisis: Is Caring for Denver Just Another Hoodwink?The Impact of Unregulated Facilities
In 2018, Denver voters embraced an ambitious initiative to tackle the city’s mental health and addiction crises through a small sales tax increase. Spearheaded by State Representative Leslie Herod and endorsed by mental health leaders like Dr. Carl Clark of WellPower, the program promised transformative change. Dubbed Caring for Denver, the campaign envisioned an annual…
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The Hollow Promises of Community Corrections: Why the Annual Community Correction Conference is a Moronic Exercise in Futility. The Urgent Need for Change in Community Corrections: Shifting from Power to Humanity. Colorado.
Justyna M. – Criminal Justice Agenda – 2024 Statewide Community Corrections Conference: Building a Safer Community Together (cvent.com) I was recently invited to attend what’s called a “Community Corrections Conference,” happening here in Colorado at the end of October 2024, under the Division of Criminal Justice. It’s a local conference, focused only on state-level issues,…
Justice Unlocked. 