Colorado's Prison Director Spent 20 Hours in Solitary—but That's Not Enough
Prison policies and practices long ago made him severely mentally ill, yet he has not been released from solitary or given adequate care and treatment—even under the reformist regime that Raemisch is heralding. Mostly what Colorado has done in its new … Read more on The Atlantic

From the State That Legalized Weed, Comes the World's Strongest Drug Test
And that sets the tempo for how we're going to proceed in treatment. It's been very informative.” University of Colorado Hospital's Center for Addiction Recovery and Rehabilitation (CeDAR) does the test on every new patient and then again when they leave. Read more on Mashable

Thinking outside the cell on solitary confinement
Other states have noticed, such as Colorado which has discontinued placing mentally ill offenders in solitary confinement, instead redirecting them to a secure correctional treatment program. Undoubtedly, many inmates in solitary confinement committed … Read more on The Hill (blog)