Homelessness

‘A revolving door’: Does cite-and-release system in Colorado Springs trap homeless in an endless court cycle?

The defendant who tops the “failure to appear” list for mandatory Colorado Springs Municipal Court hearings has 25 open cases and 300 instances of not showing up, a situation that makes the presiding administrator, Judge HayDen W. Kane II, shake his head and heave a deep sigh.

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