Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
@ccjrc.bsky.social
Founded in 1999, our mission is to eliminate the overuse of the criminal legal system and advance community health and safety. We advocate and organize for public safety strategies that are holistic, effective, and just. ccjrc.org
Your Colorado Gives Day pledge powers advocacy, organizing, and bold policy work to build real safety across our state.
Colorado doesn’t need new prisons — it needs new possibilities. #ColoradoGivesDay #WaveofGenerosity
🔗http://coloradogives.org/organization/CCJRC
Colorado doesn’t need new prisons — it needs new possibilities. #ColoradoGivesDay #WaveofGenerosity
🔗http://coloradogives.org/organization/CCJRC
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Your Colorado Gives Day pledge powers advocacy, organizing, and bold policy work to build real safety across our state.
Colorado doesn’t need new prisons — it needs new possibilities. #ColoradoGivesDay #WaveofGenerosity
🔗http://coloradogives.org/organization/CCJRC
Colorado doesn’t need new prisons — it needs new possibilities. #ColoradoGivesDay #WaveofGenerosity
🔗http://coloradogives.org/organization/CCJRC
📺LIVE! Denver City Council is proposing and voting on amendments to the 2026 Denver Budget.
Councilmembers Torres, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Lewis & Parady are bringing forth an amendment for a Community Led Safety Grant Program! 🎉 denvergov.org/Government/A...
Councilmembers Torres, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Lewis & Parady are bringing forth an amendment for a Community Led Safety Grant Program! 🎉 denvergov.org/Government/A...
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
📺LIVE! Denver City Council is proposing and voting on amendments to the 2026 Denver Budget.
Councilmembers Torres, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Lewis & Parady are bringing forth an amendment for a Community Led Safety Grant Program! 🎉 denvergov.org/Government/A...
Councilmembers Torres, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Lewis & Parady are bringing forth an amendment for a Community Led Safety Grant Program! 🎉 denvergov.org/Government/A...
CCJRC's Denver Campaign Coordinator, Kym Ray, testified before a full house at last night's City Council public hearing on Denver's 2026 Budget:
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
CCJRC's Denver Campaign Coordinator, Kym Ray, testified before a full house at last night's City Council public hearing on Denver's 2026 Budget:
📺LIVE! Tune in to the Denver City Council Public Hearing on the 2026 Budget. We're joining with community advocates across Denver to ask city council to prioritize funding for Community Led Safety!
➡️https://denver.granicus.com/player/camera/2
➡️https://denver.granicus.com/player/camera/2
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
📺LIVE! Tune in to the Denver City Council Public Hearing on the 2026 Budget. We're joining with community advocates across Denver to ask city council to prioritize funding for Community Led Safety!
➡️https://denver.granicus.com/player/camera/2
➡️https://denver.granicus.com/player/camera/2
Get Real, Denver! Community-led safety prevents violence before it occurs, and makes our neighborhoods safer and stronger.
Tonight, we're asking community to show up & show support for real community safety at the Denver City Council Budget Hearing. See you there!
Tonight, we're asking community to show up & show support for real community safety at the Denver City Council Budget Hearing. See you there!
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Get Real, Denver! Community-led safety prevents violence before it occurs, and makes our neighborhoods safer and stronger.
Tonight, we're asking community to show up & show support for real community safety at the Denver City Council Budget Hearing. See you there!
Tonight, we're asking community to show up & show support for real community safety at the Denver City Council Budget Hearing. See you there!
🗣️Tonight! Join us at Denver City Council's 5:30pm budget hearing. Let's pack the chamber and call on city leaders to get real about community safety by investing in what works.
We'll have signs & buttons. Bring your energy!
We'll have signs & buttons. Bring your energy!
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🗣️Tonight! Join us at Denver City Council's 5:30pm budget hearing. Let's pack the chamber and call on city leaders to get real about community safety by investing in what works.
We'll have signs & buttons. Bring your energy!
We'll have signs & buttons. Bring your energy!
Today, elected leaders & community advocates joined @ccjrc1's #GetRealDenver campaign on the steps of the City & County Building. We’re calling for $5M for a Community-Led Safety Grant Program to fund prevention, intervention & victim support that stops harm before it starts.
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today, elected leaders & community advocates joined @ccjrc1's #GetRealDenver campaign on the steps of the City & County Building. We’re calling for $5M for a Community-Led Safety Grant Program to fund prevention, intervention & victim support that stops harm before it starts.
Denver! We need you to show up at City Council on Monday at 5:30pm and tell our City Council to GET REAL!
Kym Ray sat down with Malik tha Martian this week to explain what our 2026 Denver budget campaign is all about and why funding community-led safety is so important.
Kym Ray sat down with Malik tha Martian this week to explain what our 2026 Denver budget campaign is all about and why funding community-led safety is so important.
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Denver! We need you to show up at City Council on Monday at 5:30pm and tell our City Council to GET REAL!
Kym Ray sat down with Malik tha Martian this week to explain what our 2026 Denver budget campaign is all about and why funding community-led safety is so important.
Kym Ray sat down with Malik tha Martian this week to explain what our 2026 Denver budget campaign is all about and why funding community-led safety is so important.
📺Tune in to KDVR FOX31 📷TONIGHT📷 at 4pm or 5pm to hear CCJRC's Kym Ray discuss the effort to include a Community Led Safety Grant Program in Denver's 2026 budget!
➡️Take action at getrealdenver.org/Action
➡️Take action at getrealdenver.org/Action
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
📺Tune in to KDVR FOX31 📷TONIGHT📷 at 4pm or 5pm to hear CCJRC's Kym Ray discuss the effort to include a Community Led Safety Grant Program in Denver's 2026 budget!
➡️Take action at getrealdenver.org/Action
➡️Take action at getrealdenver.org/Action
Every email, every voice, every body in the room matters! We're coming together to say: Denver deserves real investment in community-led safety.
Stay connected: GetRealDenver.org
Stay connected: GetRealDenver.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Every email, every voice, every body in the room matters! We're coming together to say: Denver deserves real investment in community-led safety.
Stay connected: GetRealDenver.org
Stay connected: GetRealDenver.org
Let’s send the message loud and clear!
1️⃣ Use our action kit at GetRealDenver.org/Action to email the mayor and city council
2️⃣ Sat., Oct. 4th, attend the Budget Convening from 11am-1pm at Carla Madison Rec Center
3️⃣Plan to attend the Oct. 27th Budget Hearing
1️⃣ Use our action kit at GetRealDenver.org/Action to email the mayor and city council
2️⃣ Sat., Oct. 4th, attend the Budget Convening from 11am-1pm at Carla Madison Rec Center
3️⃣Plan to attend the Oct. 27th Budget Hearing
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Let’s send the message loud and clear!
1️⃣ Use our action kit at GetRealDenver.org/Action to email the mayor and city council
2️⃣ Sat., Oct. 4th, attend the Budget Convening from 11am-1pm at Carla Madison Rec Center
3️⃣Plan to attend the Oct. 27th Budget Hearing
1️⃣ Use our action kit at GetRealDenver.org/Action to email the mayor and city council
2️⃣ Sat., Oct. 4th, attend the Budget Convening from 11am-1pm at Carla Madison Rec Center
3️⃣Plan to attend the Oct. 27th Budget Hearing
This year's budget is tight, so let's make every public safety dollar count.
Invest in community-led programs that curb crime, interrupt violence, support victims, and cut recidivism. It's not just about responding to problems; it's about strengthening our neighborhoods.
Invest in community-led programs that curb crime, interrupt violence, support victims, and cut recidivism. It's not just about responding to problems; it's about strengthening our neighborhoods.
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This year's budget is tight, so let's make every public safety dollar count.
Invest in community-led programs that curb crime, interrupt violence, support victims, and cut recidivism. It's not just about responding to problems; it's about strengthening our neighborhoods.
Invest in community-led programs that curb crime, interrupt violence, support victims, and cut recidivism. It's not just about responding to problems; it's about strengthening our neighborhoods.
Denver invests more than half a billion dollars annually in addressing crime after it occurs, with police, courts, and jails.
Our polling reveals a different desire: voters are eager to invest in community programs designed to stop harm before it starts. www.getrealdenver.org/polling
Our polling reveals a different desire: voters are eager to invest in community programs designed to stop harm before it starts. www.getrealdenver.org/polling
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Denver invests more than half a billion dollars annually in addressing crime after it occurs, with police, courts, and jails.
Our polling reveals a different desire: voters are eager to invest in community programs designed to stop harm before it starts. www.getrealdenver.org/polling
Our polling reveals a different desire: voters are eager to invest in community programs designed to stop harm before it starts. www.getrealdenver.org/polling
📢 Denver, it's time to Get Real about public safety!
We're urging Mayor Johnston and City Council to invest in what truly works. By empowering local organizations to tackle safety challenges right where they live, we can create genuinely safer communities.
We're urging Mayor Johnston and City Council to invest in what truly works. By empowering local organizations to tackle safety challenges right where they live, we can create genuinely safer communities.
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
📢 Denver, it's time to Get Real about public safety!
We're urging Mayor Johnston and City Council to invest in what truly works. By empowering local organizations to tackle safety challenges right where they live, we can create genuinely safer communities.
We're urging Mayor Johnston and City Council to invest in what truly works. By empowering local organizations to tackle safety challenges right where they live, we can create genuinely safer communities.
Join us on Monday 9/22 to pack the JBC hearing and say NO MORE PRISONS.
DOC wants $2.8M for 153 new private prison beds while Colorado cuts healthcare, housing & education.
For more on how you can take action: bit.ly/JBC_NoPriso...
#NoMorePrisons #copolitics
DOC wants $2.8M for 153 new private prison beds while Colorado cuts healthcare, housing & education.
For more on how you can take action: bit.ly/JBC_NoPriso...
#NoMorePrisons #copolitics
September 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Join us on Monday 9/22 to pack the JBC hearing and say NO MORE PRISONS.
DOC wants $2.8M for 153 new private prison beds while Colorado cuts healthcare, housing & education.
For more on how you can take action: bit.ly/JBC_NoPriso...
#NoMorePrisons #copolitics
DOC wants $2.8M for 153 new private prison beds while Colorado cuts healthcare, housing & education.
For more on how you can take action: bit.ly/JBC_NoPriso...
#NoMorePrisons #copolitics
Safety can't be on the chopping block, and real public safety requires investing in community-led solutions, not just police.
Together, we can advocate for real safety in our communities. Get engaged -your voice can shape the final budget. #GetRealDenver
Together, we can advocate for real safety in our communities. Get engaged -your voice can shape the final budget. #GetRealDenver
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Safety can't be on the chopping block, and real public safety requires investing in community-led solutions, not just police.
Together, we can advocate for real safety in our communities. Get engaged -your voice can shape the final budget. #GetRealDenver
Together, we can advocate for real safety in our communities. Get engaged -your voice can shape the final budget. #GetRealDenver
📄The first draft of Denver’s 2026 budget is live. Join us in asking Mayor Johnston to go back to the drawing board and invest in strategies that:
🟢 Stop harm before it happens
🟠 Intervene early
🔵 Support victims
🟡 Reduce recidivism
▶️ www.GetRealDenver.org/Action
#GetRealDenver
🟢 Stop harm before it happens
🟠 Intervene early
🔵 Support victims
🟡 Reduce recidivism
▶️ www.GetRealDenver.org/Action
#GetRealDenver
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📄The first draft of Denver’s 2026 budget is live. Join us in asking Mayor Johnston to go back to the drawing board and invest in strategies that:
🟢 Stop harm before it happens
🟠 Intervene early
🔵 Support victims
🟡 Reduce recidivism
▶️ www.GetRealDenver.org/Action
#GetRealDenver
🟢 Stop harm before it happens
🟠 Intervene early
🔵 Support victims
🟡 Reduce recidivism
▶️ www.GetRealDenver.org/Action
#GetRealDenver
📍CCJRC will be tabling this weekend at the Southern Colorado Juneteenth celebration at the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs!
Come find us Friday (12–9 pm), Saturday (9 am–8 pm), and Sunday (10 am–8 pm).
✊🏿Let’s connect, build, and organize for freedom. #Juneteenth2025
Come find us Friday (12–9 pm), Saturday (9 am–8 pm), and Sunday (10 am–8 pm).
✊🏿Let’s connect, build, and organize for freedom. #Juneteenth2025
June 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
📍CCJRC will be tabling this weekend at the Southern Colorado Juneteenth celebration at the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs!
Come find us Friday (12–9 pm), Saturday (9 am–8 pm), and Sunday (10 am–8 pm).
✊🏿Let’s connect, build, and organize for freedom. #Juneteenth2025
Come find us Friday (12–9 pm), Saturday (9 am–8 pm), and Sunday (10 am–8 pm).
✊🏿Let’s connect, build, and organize for freedom. #Juneteenth2025
🖊️CCJRC's priority bill SB25-190 has been signed into law. People leaving jail will now have better access to support, and long-overdue fixes to Special Needs Parole are finally here!
Thank you to sponsors Senator Matt Ball, @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Representatives Jennifer Bacon & Matthew Soper.
Thank you to sponsors Senator Matt Ball, @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Representatives Jennifer Bacon & Matthew Soper.
May 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🖊️CCJRC's priority bill SB25-190 has been signed into law. People leaving jail will now have better access to support, and long-overdue fixes to Special Needs Parole are finally here!
Thank you to sponsors Senator Matt Ball, @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Representatives Jennifer Bacon & Matthew Soper.
Thank you to sponsors Senator Matt Ball, @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Representatives Jennifer Bacon & Matthew Soper.
🚨 We're hiring! Looking for a Denver Campaign Coordinator to lead local advocacy for criminal legal reform, racial equity, harm reduction, and REAL public safety — rooted in community power and reinvestment.
Know Denver? Passionate about change? Apply by April 17th. bit.ly/DenverCampaignCoordinator
Know Denver? Passionate about change? Apply by April 17th. bit.ly/DenverCampaignCoordinator
April 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🚨 We're hiring! Looking for a Denver Campaign Coordinator to lead local advocacy for criminal legal reform, racial equity, harm reduction, and REAL public safety — rooted in community power and reinvestment.
Know Denver? Passionate about change? Apply by April 17th. bit.ly/DenverCampaignCoordinator
Know Denver? Passionate about change? Apply by April 17th. bit.ly/DenverCampaignCoordinator
🎉Our priority bill HB1214 passed through House Judiciary! Thanks to bill sponsor Rep. Clifford & to Reps. Mabrey, Carter, Bacon, Espenoza, Garcia & Zokaie for voting YES to provide better sentencing info to courts, expand recovery & housing support, and remove barriers to community corrections!
March 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🎉Our priority bill HB1214 passed through House Judiciary! Thanks to bill sponsor Rep. Clifford & to Reps. Mabrey, Carter, Bacon, Espenoza, Garcia & Zokaie for voting YES to provide better sentencing info to courts, expand recovery & housing support, and remove barriers to community corrections!
🎉Our priority bill SB190 passed Senate Judiciary and moves to the floor! Thank you to bill sponsor Senator Matt Ball, and to Judiciary Committee members Senators @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Weissman, @lindseyforco.bsky.social, and Roberts for voting YES to improve reentry & Special Needs Parole!
March 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎉Our priority bill SB190 passed Senate Judiciary and moves to the floor! Thank you to bill sponsor Senator Matt Ball, and to Judiciary Committee members Senators @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Weissman, @lindseyforco.bsky.social, and Roberts for voting YES to improve reentry & Special Needs Parole!
🎉We're one step closer to passing the Colorado Voting Rights Act, and ensuring equal and equitable access to the ballot for all!
Thank you to Senate sponsor @senadorajulie.bsky.social, and to Senators Mike Weissman, Tom Sullivan, and Matt Ball for voting ✅YES on SB25-001. #coleg
Thank you to Senate sponsor @senadorajulie.bsky.social, and to Senators Mike Weissman, Tom Sullivan, and Matt Ball for voting ✅YES on SB25-001. #coleg
February 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🎉We're one step closer to passing the Colorado Voting Rights Act, and ensuring equal and equitable access to the ballot for all!
Thank you to Senate sponsor @senadorajulie.bsky.social, and to Senators Mike Weissman, Tom Sullivan, and Matt Ball for voting ✅YES on SB25-001. #coleg
Thank you to Senate sponsor @senadorajulie.bsky.social, and to Senators Mike Weissman, Tom Sullivan, and Matt Ball for voting ✅YES on SB25-001. #coleg
CCJRC's Kyle Giddings testified in support of SB25-001, the Colorado Voting Rights Act (COVRA). He frequently hears that eligible incarcerated voters are wrongly told they've lost their voting rights due to a felony. This misinformation has silenced generations of voters in Colorado. #coleg
February 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
CCJRC's Kyle Giddings testified in support of SB25-001, the Colorado Voting Rights Act (COVRA). He frequently hears that eligible incarcerated voters are wrongly told they've lost their voting rights due to a felony. This misinformation has silenced generations of voters in Colorado. #coleg
🎉 A victory for evidence & compassion! SB25-044 was voted down 3-4 in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Thank you to legislators who rejected harsh criminalization and failed War on Drugs policies that won’t prevent drug sales, use, or overdoses. #HarmReduction💙
February 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
🎉 A victory for evidence & compassion! SB25-044 was voted down 3-4 in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Thank you to legislators who rejected harsh criminalization and failed War on Drugs policies that won’t prevent drug sales, use, or overdoses. #HarmReduction💙