Arapahoe County is ready to focus on helping a subset of the homeless population that is often the hardest to house — those who regularly get into trouble with the law and find themselves in …
Arapahoe County is ready to focus on helping a subset of the homeless population that is often the hardest to house — those who regularly get into trouble with the law and find themselves moving in and out of jail.
“We had seen a pretty steady 13% to 14% of the jail population being released who were unhoused and have high needs,” said Kathy Smith, director of Arapahoe County’s Community Resources Department. “Then, through the pandemic, it got worse.” According to a four-year study by the County Criminal Justice Planning Office, homeless jail releases were 46% more likely than non-homeless releases to return to jail on a new charge. And those without a home spent 44% more time in jail than those with a home address.
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