Policing & Incarceration

If you live in a low-income neighborhood, you’re much more likely to live near a registered sex offender. Here’s why.

Unsolved murders, as well as the long-lasting anguish and despair they can cause among surviving relatives, impact some communities and races more than others.

$45 million in new funding should provide new mental health services, and keep more people in mental health crises out of jail. 

Colorado has emerged as a national model for its investment in trying to cure hepatitis C, especially among historically disadvantaged patients.

Access to firearms contributes to a unique public health threat—especially towards women.

The U.S. economy would gain $8 trillion in value by 2050 if racial disparities were eliminated, according to a new analysis.

Debtors’ prison-like practices are rife in Colorado city courts, according to a recent report, and those living in poverty bear the brunt of them.

Pretextual traffic stops and other inequitable treatment by law enforcement are increasingly linked to mental health problems.

A weakened press is bad for the health of us all, and especially bad for those without money, status or privilege.

Colorado’s prisoners with mental illness continue to struggle for recognition and services, according to a recent audit.