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  • The Colorado Office of the State Public Defender has partnered with BidNet as part of the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System to notify interested vendors of the its intent to purchase goods or services competitively. Vendors must be registered in order to respond to these bidding opportunities. For additional information and to register, visit Rocky Mountain Bidnet.
  • Course Corrections: National Public Defenders Summit on Mental Health and Criminal Justice
  • The Equitas Project: Media Invited to National Public Defenders Summit on Mental Health and Criminal Justice
  • “Steps to Health and Justice,” a strategic plan to help Colorado improve behavioral health outcomes and reduce reliance on the criminal justice system
  • Youth corrections to end use of “wrap” restraint device by July 2018
  • US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Colorado Public Defender Client
  • SUMMARY: Report on the C.L.E.A.R. Act: Community Law Enforcement Action Reporting Act, December 2016
  • The “Evil” Defendant and the “Holdout” Juror: Unpacking the Myths of the Aurora Theater Shooting Case as We Ponder the Future of Capital Punishment in Colorado
  • Public defenders drawn to mission, not money
  • Colorado corrections staff wrap youths in straitjackets, subdue with knee strikes, report says
  • “Culture of violence” in Colorado Youth Corrections includes physical restraints, solitary

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Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
1300 Broadway Suite 400- Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 764-1400 Fax (303) 764-1478
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