Drug Case Rise Fuels Prison Debate in Colorado
Colorado prosecutors filed more than 15,200 felony drug cases in 2017, twice as many as they did in 2012, says a new report that has prompted renewed calls for sentencing reforms that send low-level drug offenders to treatment rather than prison. The state wants to reopen a prison that was closed in 2013.
Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )