If funded, the bill, HB24-1355, would create a statewide diversion program aimed at shifting thousands of people with mental illness out of the criminal justice system and into comprehensive care in a first-of-its-kind effort to slow the flow of people into Colorado’s overcrowded court competency system.
If funded, the bill, HB24-1355, would create a statewide diversion program aimed at shifting thousands of people with mental illness out of the criminal justice system and into comprehensive care in a first-of-its-kind effort to slow the flow of people into Colorado’s overcrowded court competency system.
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Colorado lawmakers are preparing to relaunch a Gov. Jared Polis-backed criminal justice commission, despite criticism from reformers that it will compound the issues that doomed its predecessor.
Colorado lawmakers hope to improve the state's long-troubled competency system by creating a statewide program aimed at moving mentally ill defendants out of criminal courts and into mental health care.