Inside Isolation: Mental illness and solitary confinement in the Boulder County Jail
Five takeaways from Boulder Reporting Lab and Bolts’ investigation into solitary confinement in Colorado jails
We investigated how people with serious mental illness are isolated in Colorado jails despite a state law intended to limit the practice.
The jail that replaced Boulder County’s mental health system
Colorado’s dysfunctional system for restoring competency to defendants with serious mental illness leaves people cycling in and out of jail.
Colorado limited solitary confinement for people with mental illness. Boulder County keeps using it.
Despite a Colorado law meant to limit solitary confinement, judges routinely approve requests to isolate people with serious mental illness in the Boulder County Jail.