Jennifer Brown

Investigative Reporter 鈥� The Denver Post

Jennifer Brown

Jennifer Brown is a former Denver Post reporter. She has written about the child welfare system, mental health, education and politics. She previously worked for The Associated Press, The Tyler Morning Telegraph in Texas, and the Hungry Horse News in Montana.

Methodist court says first openly gay bishop is in violation of church law, should face trial

May 10, 2017 at 5:24 a.m.

The Methodist Church's highest court ruled Friday that the denomination's first openly gay bishop is in violation of a church law barring the ordination of "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" and that...

Vernon Lewis, a former heroin addict, ...

The opioid antidote: Naloxone has reversed hundreds of overdoses in Denver in the last year

May 1, 2017 at 1:25 p.m.

In the 12 months from March 2016 to March 2017, paramedics at Denver Health have injected naloxone 998 times, in homes, public bathrooms and parks. That total doesn't even include...

Faith Calhoun and her daughter, Olivia, 9, depart the Crossing in Denver, Sept. 19, 2014. Faith and her family have lived at the Denver Rescue Mission's transitional program for families since June 2013.

Percentage of Colorado kids in poverty drops to about 15 percent

April 27, 2017 at 4:26 p.m.

The percentage of Colorado children living in poverty is declining, but is still too high with an estimated 180,000 kids growing up in families at or below the federal poverty...

Future LGBTQ ministers on edge over first openly lesbian bishop’s pending court decision

April 26, 2017 at 6:08 p.m.

A day after the United Methodist Church court heard arguments in her case, Bishop Karen Oliveto gave a sermon Wednesday to a packed chapel at the Iliff School of Theology...

Bishop Karen Oliveto poses for a portrait in the Denver Post Building on August 22, 2016. She made headlines recently after being elected the first openly gay bishop in the United Methodist Church, she will be based in Colorado serving the mountain region.

Fate of first openly gay bishop, overseeing churches in Colorado and four other states, in hands of Methodists’ highest court

April 24, 2017 at 12:42 p.m.

The United Methodist Church's highest court will hear arguments Tuesday in New Jersey before deciding whether to overturn the July election of the Rev. Karen Oliveto as bishop of more...

Spring Creek Youth Correctional Center in Colorado Springs.

Fewer youths, more staff mean less violence at once-embattled youth detention center in Colorado Springs

April 18, 2017 at 5:17 a.m.

Two years ago Spring Creek was embattled and tarnished by an arrest and tales of violence from former staff. Now the center is held up by officials as an example...

BURLINGTON, CO -FEBRUARY 10: The town of Burlington is hoping for half-million dollars in economic development funds after the prison closed, February 10, 2017. Over a hundred jobs were lost when Kit Carson Correctional Facility ,in Burlington, closed its doors. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Kit Carson County child welfare trying to recover after turmoil, mishandled cases

April 15, 2017 at 12:01 a.m.

When state investigators reviewed Kit Carson County's child welfare division, they counted 73 cases of suspected child abuse and neglect with no documented follow-up to show whether those kids were...

Bill to help Colorado child caseworkers handle “secondary trauma” passes first vote

April 11, 2017 at 10:31 p.m.

A bill from Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, would create a caseworker "resiliency program" to help them handle the "secondary trauma" brought on by their jobs.

The frame from a 2016 video shows staff restraining a detainee at Colorado Division of Youth Corrections Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center.

State bill targets “culture of violence” at Division of Youth Corrections

April 11, 2017 at 5:26 p.m.

New legislation would require the Colorado Division of Youth Corrections to phase out the use of straitjackets and pain-compliance techniques including knee strikes and neck pressure points, setting up a...

Kit Carson Correctional Facility remains empty ...

Burlington’s prison closed last summer. Now Colorado prison beds are full.

April 2, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

The prison population in this state is climbing faster this year than expected, mostly because of new crimes and not parole violations. It has grown by 387 inmates since the...

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Methodist court says first openly gay bishop is in violation of church law, should face trial

The opioid antidote: Naloxone has reversed hundreds of overdoses in Denver in the last year

Percentage of Colorado kids in poverty drops to about 15 percent

Future LGBTQ ministers on edge over first openly lesbian bishop’s pending court decision

Fate of first openly gay bishop, overseeing churches in Colorado and four other states, in hands of Methodists’ highest court

Fewer youths, more staff mean less violence at once-embattled youth detention center in Colorado Springs

Kit Carson County child welfare trying to recover after turmoil, mishandled cases

Bill to help Colorado child caseworkers handle “secondary trauma” passes first vote

State bill targets “culture of violence” at Division of Youth Corrections

Burlington’s prison closed last summer. Now Colorado prison beds are full.