A Colorado court sends poor people to jail without access to lawyers, advocates say. It doesn’t record the proceedings.

Jennifer Jones was sitting in Montrose Municipal Court in early January when she noticed something that didn’t seem right. She witnessed a man in his 60s with multiple trespassing and camping charges receive a 10-day jail sentence. This individual, though, …

A Colorado court sends poor people to jail without access to lawyers, advocates say. It doesn’t record the proceedings. Read More