March 15, 2019 Denver, Colorado The state and disability advocates reached a new agreement Friday in a longstanding legal battle over long waits for court-ordered mental health evaluations and treatment that will create a system of fines to penalize Colorado when it...
March 15, 2019 Denver, Colorado An agreement has been reached to end a backlog at the Pueblo state hospital of hundreds of criminal defendants awaiting competency restoration treatment needed so they can proceed to trial. The agreement resolves a long-standing lawsuit against the...
State hospital in Pueblo can't keep up with competency evaluations for criminal suspects BY ROBERT BOCZKIEWICZ FOR THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN SEP 28, 2018 DENVER, CO A judge said Friday she will decide whether a state agency that operates the Colorado Mental Health Institute at...
By Allison Sherry June 14, 2018 Denver, Colorado State officials have been sued for the fourth time in a decade for violating a court order that guarantees mentally ill people facing criminal charges receive treatment within about a month. Lawyers for Disability Law Colorado...
Iris Eytan received the 2017 Colorado Womens Bar Association Award for "Women Lawyers Who Raise The Bar through Systemic Reform or Innovation." ...
Ruling clears way for false arrest lawsuit against Douglas County Immunity law doesn't shield police for Tyler Sanchez arrest By Kirk Mitchell This article originally appeared on The Denver Post, Denver and the West on January 12, 2016 To view the original article, click here The 10th...
Federal motion alleges cover-up on competency evaluations, seeks to reopen case against Colorado The Colorado Department of Human Services could face a federal judge for allegedly violating a federal agreement requiring them to complete inmate competency evaluations in a timely manner. By...
Federal motion alleges cover-up on competency evaluations, seeks to reopen case against Colorado The Colorado Department of Human Services could face a federal judge for allegedly violating a federal agreement requiring them to complete inmate competency evaluations in a timely manner. By...
Dozens of Coloradans accused of crimes are spending months behind bars while awaiting competency exams and treatment By Jordan Steffen This article originally appeared in the Denver Post on October 22, 2015 To view the original article, click here Jim Lynn is overwhelmed with...
Colorado inmates are languishing in local jails without mental health evaluations or mental health care because the state hospital is short-staffed, an advocacy group charged Tuesday. The Disability Law Center said the state is violating a federal court settlement requiring the...