Denver makes more than $100,000 off of every person they prosecute from arrest to sentencing. And more than 50% of arrest warrants across Denver are estimated to be linked to people listed as homeless or transient regardless of the offense.
And homelessness in Colorado is criminalized all over the goddamn f*cking state that its even a $1,000 fine just panhandling in Castle Rock in Douglas County. Its literally nothing but a goddamn f*cking money scheme. Criminalization doesn’t just affect homeless people-it also effects people going into homelessness and also people fleeing DV too.
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Denver makes more than $100,000 off of every person they prosecute from arrest to sentencing. And more than 50% of arrest warrants across Denver are estimated to be linked to people listed as homeless or transient regardless of the offense.
And homelessness in Colorado is criminalized all over the goddamn f*cking state that its even a $1,000 fine just panhandling in Castle Rock in Douglas County. Its literally nothing but a goddamn f*cking money scheme. Criminalization doesn’t just affect homeless people-it also effects people going into homelessness and also people fleeing DV too.
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https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/denvers-homeless-court-aims-to-cut-costs-and-trips-to-jail/387191956