Rebecca Wallace
@rebeccawallace.bsky.social
(she/her) Policy Director, Colorado Freedom Fund
@COFreedomFund.bsky.social
let's get free, together.
@COFreedomFund.bsky.social
let's get free, together.
Reposted by Rebecca Wallace
✨Yet ANOTHER data-driven report that bail reform works and communities are safer when they are freer.
👀Read the study: datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/bail-reform/testing-the-long-term-impact-of-bail-reform-across-new-york-state-a-quasi-experimental-evaluation/
👀Read the study: datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/bail-reform/testing-the-long-term-impact-of-bail-reform-across-new-york-state-a-quasi-experimental-evaluation/
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
✨Yet ANOTHER data-driven report that bail reform works and communities are safer when they are freer.
👀Read the study: datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/bail-reform/testing-the-long-term-impact-of-bail-reform-across-new-york-state-a-quasi-experimental-evaluation/
👀Read the study: datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/bail-reform/testing-the-long-term-impact-of-bail-reform-across-new-york-state-a-quasi-experimental-evaluation/
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Success in ending cash bond in Illinois threatens a key deception by Trump: that more people in cages makes us safe.
👀Read CFF Policy Director Rebecca Wallace’s Op Ed: denverpost.com/2025/09/05/trump-bail-bond-pretrial-fairness/
👀Read CFF Policy Director Rebecca Wallace’s Op Ed: denverpost.com/2025/09/05/trump-bail-bond-pretrial-fairness/
September 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Success in ending cash bond in Illinois threatens a key deception by Trump: that more people in cages makes us safe.
👀Read CFF Policy Director Rebecca Wallace’s Op Ed: denverpost.com/2025/09/05/trump-bail-bond-pretrial-fairness/
👀Read CFF Policy Director Rebecca Wallace’s Op Ed: denverpost.com/2025/09/05/trump-bail-bond-pretrial-fairness/
Psssst...We been telling y'all cash bail doesn't keep us safe.
✊USA Today with some fact-based reporting.
Illinois ended cash bail & the data is in: crime is down, court appearances are steady, & poor families no longer have to buy freedom for kin.
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/26/trump-wants-to-end-cashless-bail-how-this-affects-you/85822325007/
Illinois ended cash bail & the data is in: crime is down, court appearances are steady, & poor families no longer have to buy freedom for kin.
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/26/trump-wants-to-end-cashless-bail-how-this-affects-you/85822325007/
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Psssst...We been telling y'all cash bail doesn't keep us safe.
💡So Denver Police want to educate rather than punish officers for lower level misconduct to help those officers really understand their mistakes and avoid them in the future?
IMAGINE A WORLD where we offerred the same grace, education and opportunities to community members.
IMAGINE A WORLD where we offerred the same grace, education and opportunities to community members.
Independent monitor criticizes Denver police's proposed education-based discipline policy
Calling it a “not-so-veiled” attempt to eliminate accountability for officers,” Denver Independent Monitor Lisabeth Pérez Castle sharply criticized a proposal by the Denver Police Department to permit...
www.coloradopolitics.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
💡So Denver Police want to educate rather than punish officers for lower level misconduct to help those officers really understand their mistakes and avoid them in the future?
IMAGINE A WORLD where we offerred the same grace, education and opportunities to community members.
IMAGINE A WORLD where we offerred the same grace, education and opportunities to community members.
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CFF Policy Director @rebeccawallace.bsky.social criticizes Johnston's advocacy for Gov. Polis to veto HB25-1147, Municipal Court Fairness.
Read the Letter: denverpost.com/2025/06/03/johnston-municipal-court-reform-house-bill-1147-veto/
Read the Letter: denverpost.com/2025/06/03/johnston-municipal-court-reform-house-bill-1147-veto/
June 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
CFF Policy Director @rebeccawallace.bsky.social criticizes Johnston's advocacy for Gov. Polis to veto HB25-1147, Municipal Court Fairness.
Read the Letter: denverpost.com/2025/06/03/johnston-municipal-court-reform-house-bill-1147-veto/
Read the Letter: denverpost.com/2025/06/03/johnston-municipal-court-reform-house-bill-1147-veto/
Reposted by Rebecca Wallace
Reposted by Rebecca Wallace
💥We’re mad, but we’re not done fighting for fairness for our unhoused neighbors.
Read Colorado Freedom Fund’s statement on Gov. Polis’ veto of HB25-1147: coloradofreedomfund.org/hb1147-veto.
Then, let’s get work.
Read Colorado Freedom Fund’s statement on Gov. Polis’ veto of HB25-1147: coloradofreedomfund.org/hb1147-veto.
Then, let’s get work.
May 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
💥We’re mad, but we’re not done fighting for fairness for our unhoused neighbors.
Read Colorado Freedom Fund’s statement on Gov. Polis’ veto of HB25-1147: coloradofreedomfund.org/hb1147-veto.
Then, let’s get work.
Read Colorado Freedom Fund’s statement on Gov. Polis’ veto of HB25-1147: coloradofreedomfund.org/hb1147-veto.
Then, let’s get work.
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In today’s @coloradosun.com, Sens. @judyamabileco.bsky.social & Mike Weissman lay out why passing HB25-1147 is so urgent: Colorado’s poorest neighbors are facing 30x longer jail sentences—just for landing in the wrong courtroom.
Read the op-ed here: coloradosun.com/2025/03/26/o...
Read the op-ed here: coloradosun.com/2025/03/26/o...
March 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In today’s @coloradosun.com, Sens. @judyamabileco.bsky.social & Mike Weissman lay out why passing HB25-1147 is so urgent: Colorado’s poorest neighbors are facing 30x longer jail sentences—just for landing in the wrong courtroom.
Read the op-ed here: coloradosun.com/2025/03/26/o...
Read the op-ed here: coloradosun.com/2025/03/26/o...
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BREAKING: Louisianans just rejected a ballot measure that would have paved the way for more children to be prosecuted as adults.
It lost by roughly 30%.
Here’s how a supporter had justified it: “Some of these kids are already lost when they’re two years old.” Context: boltsmag.org/louisiana-am...
It lost by roughly 30%.
Here’s how a supporter had justified it: “Some of these kids are already lost when they’re two years old.” Context: boltsmag.org/louisiana-am...
“Some of These Kids Are Already Lost When They’re Two Years Old” - Bolts
Louisiana leaders want more leeway to charge kids as adults. A measure on the March 29 ballot would enable lawmakers to move more teenagers into the adult criminal system.
boltsmag.org
March 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
BREAKING: Louisianans just rejected a ballot measure that would have paved the way for more children to be prosecuted as adults.
It lost by roughly 30%.
Here’s how a supporter had justified it: “Some of these kids are already lost when they’re two years old.” Context: boltsmag.org/louisiana-am...
It lost by roughly 30%.
Here’s how a supporter had justified it: “Some of these kids are already lost when they’re two years old.” Context: boltsmag.org/louisiana-am...
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The Aurora Sentinel sees through Aurora’s “tough on crime” nonsense.
Editor Dave Perry calls out city leaders for pushing failed policies that do more harm than good. Instead of making communities safer, they’re exacerbating the problem.
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perr...
Editor Dave Perry calls out city leaders for pushing failed policies that do more harm than good. Instead of making communities safer, they’re exacerbating the problem.
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perr...
March 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The Aurora Sentinel sees through Aurora’s “tough on crime” nonsense.
Editor Dave Perry calls out city leaders for pushing failed policies that do more harm than good. Instead of making communities safer, they’re exacerbating the problem.
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perr...
Editor Dave Perry calls out city leaders for pushing failed policies that do more harm than good. Instead of making communities safer, they’re exacerbating the problem.
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perr...
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People are getting wildly different—and often extreme—sentences in Colorado, just based on where they’re arrested.
HB25-1147 passed the House on March 7 and heads to the Senate next week thanks, in large part, to @javiermabrey.bsky.social's sponsorship & advocacy. 1/
HB25-1147 passed the House on March 7 and heads to the Senate next week thanks, in large part, to @javiermabrey.bsky.social's sponsorship & advocacy. 1/
March 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
People are getting wildly different—and often extreme—sentences in Colorado, just based on where they’re arrested.
HB25-1147 passed the House on March 7 and heads to the Senate next week thanks, in large part, to @javiermabrey.bsky.social's sponsorship & advocacy. 1/
HB25-1147 passed the House on March 7 and heads to the Senate next week thanks, in large part, to @javiermabrey.bsky.social's sponsorship & advocacy. 1/
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Tonight, we're co-hosting a listening session for people who’ve been jailed in a Colorado municipal court just for trying to survive.
Follow us for a recap tomorrow.
@ccjrc.bsky.social
@rebeccawallace.bsky.social
Follow us for a recap tomorrow.
@ccjrc.bsky.social
@rebeccawallace.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Tonight, we're co-hosting a listening session for people who’ve been jailed in a Colorado municipal court just for trying to survive.
Follow us for a recap tomorrow.
@ccjrc.bsky.social
@rebeccawallace.bsky.social
Follow us for a recap tomorrow.
@ccjrc.bsky.social
@rebeccawallace.bsky.social
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CFF's @rebeccawallace.bsky.social testified this week on "pretrial competency purgatory" in cash bond. Judges jail ppl found incompetent for months over small bonds. SB25-041 aimed to fix this, but pretrial fairness provisions were cut.
Read more here (paywall): www.denverpost.com/2023/12/13/c...
Read more here (paywall): www.denverpost.com/2023/12/13/c...
February 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
CFF's @rebeccawallace.bsky.social testified this week on "pretrial competency purgatory" in cash bond. Judges jail ppl found incompetent for months over small bonds. SB25-041 aimed to fix this, but pretrial fairness provisions were cut.
Read more here (paywall): www.denverpost.com/2023/12/13/c...
Read more here (paywall): www.denverpost.com/2023/12/13/c...
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Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.
February 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.
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CFF Policy Director Rebecca Wallace @rebeccawallace.bsky.social shared this data at @pewtrusts.org's D.C. court reminder convening.
📲 One text at a time, we’re helping folks stay free. 2/2
📲 One text at a time, we’re helping folks stay free. 2/2
February 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
CFF Policy Director Rebecca Wallace @rebeccawallace.bsky.social shared this data at @pewtrusts.org's D.C. court reminder convening.
📲 One text at a time, we’re helping folks stay free. 2/2
📲 One text at a time, we’re helping folks stay free. 2/2
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CFF's @rebeccawallace.bsky.social helped defeat SB25-044 in committee this week, 4-3! The bill sought harsher penalties for fentanyl possession, targeting people with substance use disorder. Grateful to fight with experts and call for care, not criminalization, for our neighbors who use drugs. 🟫✊🏽
February 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
CFF's @rebeccawallace.bsky.social helped defeat SB25-044 in committee this week, 4-3! The bill sought harsher penalties for fentanyl possession, targeting people with substance use disorder. Grateful to fight with experts and call for care, not criminalization, for our neighbors who use drugs. 🟫✊🏽
Reposted by Rebecca Wallace
The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee is currently hearing public testimony on SB25-044, which would make possession of any amount of synthetic opioids (ex. fentanyl) a felony.
CCJRC is urging a NO vote.
🔊https://leg.colorado.gov/committee/audio/2747551
CCJRC is urging a NO vote.
🔊https://leg.colorado.gov/committee/audio/2747551
February 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee is currently hearing public testimony on SB25-044, which would make possession of any amount of synthetic opioids (ex. fentanyl) a felony.
CCJRC is urging a NO vote.
🔊https://leg.colorado.gov/committee/audio/2747551
CCJRC is urging a NO vote.
🔊https://leg.colorado.gov/committee/audio/2747551
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I call them fascists, but I don't find the debate over that term terribly constructive. The word fascism chills many of us to the bone, but it doesn't function that way in the world at large. We need to help people understand how what's happening relates to their lives and futures.
February 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I call them fascists, but I don't find the debate over that term terribly constructive. The word fascism chills many of us to the bone, but it doesn't function that way in the world at large. We need to help people understand how what's happening relates to their lives and futures.
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Look don't get me wrong Kanye's comments are disturbing to me as a Jew but there are entire groups of (white) people upset at him who think that Elon Musk, sieg heiling Nazi billionaire, is Cool and Good and those people disturb me a hell of a lot more.
February 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Look don't get me wrong Kanye's comments are disturbing to me as a Jew but there are entire groups of (white) people upset at him who think that Elon Musk, sieg heiling Nazi billionaire, is Cool and Good and those people disturb me a hell of a lot more.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
State-commissioned study finds felonizing possession of 1+ gram fentanyl accomplished none of its goals:
❌Did not reduce overdose deaths.
❌Did not get more people into treatment.
The war on drugs continues to fail at every turn.
❌Did not reduce overdose deaths.
❌Did not get more people into treatment.
The war on drugs continues to fail at every turn.
We don’t expect you to read our 66-page report, so here’s a op-ed in @westword.com
www.westword.com/news/colorad...
www.westword.com/news/colorad...
Increasing Criminal Penalties for Drug Possession Doesn’t Work: We Did the Study for Colorado
The report on results of the Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Act was designed to inform future decision-making...and "that future is now."
www.westword.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
State-commissioned study finds felonizing possession of 1+ gram fentanyl accomplished none of its goals:
❌Did not reduce overdose deaths.
❌Did not get more people into treatment.
The war on drugs continues to fail at every turn.
❌Did not reduce overdose deaths.
❌Did not get more people into treatment.
The war on drugs continues to fail at every turn.
Reposted by Rebecca Wallace
Jail is not housing. CO's municipal courts hand out harsh sentences for poverty offenses without legal counsel or transparency. HB25-1147 curbs extreme sentencing, strengthens access to lawyers, and boosts transparency.
Join the fight:
🔹 [EN] bit.ly/HB1147Coalition
🔹 [ES] bit.ly/LaHB1147Coalicion
Join the fight:
🔹 [EN] bit.ly/HB1147Coalition
🔹 [ES] bit.ly/LaHB1147Coalicion
February 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Jail is not housing. CO's municipal courts hand out harsh sentences for poverty offenses without legal counsel or transparency. HB25-1147 curbs extreme sentencing, strengthens access to lawyers, and boosts transparency.
Join the fight:
🔹 [EN] bit.ly/HB1147Coalition
🔹 [ES] bit.ly/LaHB1147Coalicion
Join the fight:
🔹 [EN] bit.ly/HB1147Coalition
🔹 [ES] bit.ly/LaHB1147Coalicion
Come on Bluesky! CO municipal courts are sentencing our unhoused neighbors to months and sometimes a year in jail for offenses of poverty and survival. HB25-1147 takes aim at some of the most extreme and carceral municipal court practices.
Join the Coalition! bit.ly/HB1147Coalition
Join the Coalition! bit.ly/HB1147Coalition
February 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Come on Bluesky! CO municipal courts are sentencing our unhoused neighbors to months and sometimes a year in jail for offenses of poverty and survival. HB25-1147 takes aim at some of the most extreme and carceral municipal court practices.
Join the Coalition! bit.ly/HB1147Coalition
Join the Coalition! bit.ly/HB1147Coalition
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all