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Colorado prisons must reform use of restraints on mentally ill inmates under new law

Advocates, legislators have criticized use of metal cuffs on mentally ill inmates

Restraint cell at San Carlos Correctional ...
A restraint cell at San Carlos Correctional Facility, taken by DLC staff in May 2022. (Image provided by Disability Law Colorado)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Colorado's prisons must reform their use of metal restraints on mentally ill inmates in the coming four years under a new bill signed into law Tuesday regulating a practice that one lawmaker likened to torture.
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