Pete Lee

From the Daily Kos: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/28/1698198/-Youth-Detention-in-Colorado-A-Crisis-with-a-Crusader-State-Rep-Pete-Lee There are many reasons America’s criminal justice system is not just, but the state of Youth Detention, particularly in Colorado, is in a full-blown crisis.  There has been an increasing “culture of violence” at the Colorado Division of Youth Corrections that is not only unsafe for the residents and staff, it is highly detrimental to the children (yes, […]

Last year, 53 Colorado legislators co-sponsored a Division of Youth Corrections Reform bill, HB17-1329. It was inspired by Bound and Broken, the shocking report which described brutal abuse and mistreatment of already traumatized youth confined at DYS. It followed revelations about fights, assaults, use of protracted and illegal solitary confinement as well as riots in […]

Please enjoy this article from the Colorado Springs Business Journal that I penned about this challenging yet productive 2017 legislative session. http://www.csbj.com/2017/06/27/legislative-service-honor/

This article by Adrian Stanley of the Colorado Springs Independent is a great summation of key criminal justice reform bills throughout my tenure and why there is still so much work left to be done. https://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/how-rep-pete-lee-is-creating-a-kinder-juster-criminal-justice-system-in-colorado/Content?oid=6137711