New Solitary Confinement Report Cites Colorado Reforms

A new report on the use of solitary confinement in America’s prisons and jails, highly critical of the practice and challenging many common myths about who’s in lockdown and why, looks closely at recent reform efforts in the Colorado prison system and concludes that many inmates can be removed from…

Meet Paul Wettengel, Accused of Attack and Groping of Transgender Man

Paul Wettengel, 45, has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a transgender man at a Boulder bus stop. It’s a disturbing story that demonstrates the challenges that members of the transgender community continue to face simply for being themselves. A report about the incident in the Boulder Daily Camera describes Wettengel as…

Does Angelo Renfrow Shooting Prove Marijuana Sales Can Be Deadly?

Law-enforcement opponents of the 2012 marijuana measure Amendment 64 predicted that crime would escalate if the measure was approved. In contrast, A64 backers argued that crime would actually go down as a result of limited pot sales being legalized. After voters gave their blessing to the amendment, the debate continued,…

Loveland K-9 Cop Rob Croner Busted for Domestic Violence, Child Abuse

A Loveland police officer has been arrested on charges that include domestic violence and child abuse. What’s his name? The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office isn’t releasing it “in order to protect the identities of the alleged female victim and any children involved.” Is this a double standard? After all, individuals…