Colorado detains hundreds of youths deemed releasable because state has nowhere to place them, lawsuit alleges
By Sam Tabachnik
Denver Post
Colorado has kept hundreds of young people in detention facilities even after judges deem them releasable because the state doesn’t have anywhere to send them, a new proposed class-action lawsuit alleges.
The 56-page complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Denver, alleges children as young as 10 are being confined to prison-like conditions for weeks or months after judges determine they can return to the community, in violation of their constitutional rights... Read more...
