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Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition

Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition

The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC), formerly the Colorado Prison Moratorium Coalition, is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit activist and lobbying organization based in Denver, Colorado. Its stated mission “is to eliminate the overuse of the criminal justice system and advance community health and safety.”

History

CCJRC was founded in 1999 as the Colorado Prison Moratorium Coalition, formed to support legislation by Senator Dorothy Rupert and Representative Penfield Tate calling for a three-year moratorium of new prison construction in Colorado. In 2002, the organization renamed to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, jointly coordinated by the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and Epimethian Press. CCJRC formally incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 2003.[1]

In 2020, CCJRC launched a political advocacy subsidiary called CCJRC4Action.[2]

Organization

CCJRC's leadership and staff are listed on its website.[3][4]

Name Position Notes
Christie Donner Executive Director -
Hassan Latif President Second Chance Center, Colorado Department of Corrections
Kathleen Lord Treasurer Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP)
Lisa Raville Secretary Harm Reduction Action Center, AmeriCorps
Joe Mauro Board Member JFM Consulting, City Park Friends and Neighbors (CPFAN)
Derek McCoy Board Member Project PAVE, Mapleton Public Schools
Hans Meyer Board Member Meyer Law Office, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC), American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), National Immigration Project, National Lawyers Guild (NLG), American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar (CCDB)
Will Paterson Board Member Patlow Fund, Potager Restaurant
Travis Weiner Board Member 502nd Infantry Regiment, Home Base, Veterans for American Ideals (VFAI), Human Rights First, Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
Rosalyn Wheeler-Bell Board Member Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Stout Street Clinic
Danielle Haraburda Board Member (former)[5] -
Magalie Lerman Board Member (former)[5:1] Prax(us), Reframe Health and Justice, Norabee
Mandy Rigg Board Member (former)[5:2] -
Taryn Van Deusen Board Member (former)[5:3] -
Mandy Wilson Board Member (former)[5:4] -
Maníge Blackburn-Giles Community Organizer Swing By Street Supply, Nurse-Family Partnership
Pam Clifton Manager of Constituent Services Open Media Foundation
Kyle Giddings Civic Engagement Coordinator -

Funding

CCJRC has received grant funding from:

CCJRC's annual fundraiser is sponsored by:[9]

  • A Perfect Delivery
  • Alliance for Community and Justice Innovation (ACJI)
  • CaseMGR Solutions
  • Center for Trauma & Resilience
  • Colorado Access
  • Common Cause
  • Don't Look Back Center
  • Empowerment Program
  • Harm Reduction Action Center
  • Hazelbrook Sober Living Homes
  • Hope Homes
  • JFM Consulting
  • Johnson & Klein
  • Killmer Lane
  • Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP)
  • Latino Coalition for Community Leadership
  • Life-Line Colorado
  • Lorez Meinhold
  • Maxted Law
  • Meyer Law Office
  • Mile High Behavioral Healthcare
  • Milestone Community Wellness
  • Newman McNulty
  • Noble Law Firm
  • Paradigm One
  • Peer Assistance Services (PAS)
  • Reentry Initiative
  • Rocky Mountain Health Plans (RMHP)
  • Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute (RMMFI)
  • Rustin Tonn
  • Second Chance Center (SCC)
  • Signal Behavioral Health Network
  • Steadman Group
  • Tribe Recovery Homes
  • Whole Body Harmony

  1. Who We Are. Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition. Retrieved April 14, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250414215826/https://www.ccjrc.org/who-we-are/ ↩︎

  2. Karlik, M. (2020, September 15). Criminal justice reform group to get involved in DA elections. Colorado Politics. https://web.archive.org/web/20250414231731/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/criminal-justice-reform-group-to-get-involved-in-da-elections/article_6129481a-f77f-11ea-be78-97840dfa2834.html ↩︎

  3. Board. Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition. Retrieved April 14, 2025, from https://www.ccjrc.org/who-we-are/boar ↩︎

  4. Staff. Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition. Retrieved April 14, 2025, from https://www.ccjrc.org/who-we-are/staff/ ↩︎

  5. Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, Full Filing - 2013. (2014, November 9). ProPublica. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/841449882/201433139349300318/full ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. 127974 - Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition. (2017). Ford Foundation. https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/colorado-criminal-justice-reform-coalition-127974/ ↩︎

  7. Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — Criminal Justice Reform Work. Open Philanthropy. Retrieved April 14, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250414232625/https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/colorado-criminal-justice-reform-coalition-criminal-justice-reform-work/ ↩︎

  8. Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Grants. (2022, May 24). Public Welfare. https://web.archive.org/web/20250414232213/https://www.publicwelfare.org/resource/public-welfare-foundation-announces-new-grants-10/ ↩︎

  9. Voices for Justice Annual Fundraiser. Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition. Retrieved April 14, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250414215828/https://www.ccjrc.org/news-events/voices-justice-annual-fundraiser/ ↩︎