Author: By Steve Rabey Religion correspondent
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Colorado prison ministries offer offenders grace and second chances
In 1990, Howie Close was an angry and violent 17-year-old Denver punk looking for fights. One night he beat up on a group of Japanese exchange students. New hate crime legislation mandated 75 years in Colorado prisons. He started fights with fellow prisoners, landing him in solitary confinement, where he found an old, torn-up Bible…
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Coaches and counselors help Coloradans cope
COVID-19. Lost work, wages and businesses. Lockdowns that caused too much separation from some people and too much contact with others. Anxiety, stress and depression. Substance abuse. Domestic violence. Difficulties eating and sleeping. Thoughts of suicide. America’s lost pandemic year damaged many people’s mental health, leading to an increased workload for hundreds of local counselors,…