By MICHAEL ROBERTS | SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 Published in westword.com According to attorney Iris Eytan, Colorado has been warehousing the mentally ill in jails for months at a time without bothering to evaluate their condition or ordering any treatment that might help them. Even worse, she says,...
The words “thank you” seem insufficient to express the gratitude we have for Dru Nielsen’s help in defending our son through false accusations of sexual assault. From the onset, it was clear that in a “He said, She said” allegation, the accused party would be presumed...
Colorado Increasingly In Contempt As More Judges Recognize That Jail Isn’t A Mental Health Answer BY ALLISON SHERRY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 Published in cpr.org Almost 300 mentally ill people across the state have been in jail for months — before being convicted of anything — because state...
Iris Eytan and Dru Nielsen were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ 2019 in the fields of Criminal Defense: White Collar and Criminal Defense General Practice. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the...
Iris Eytan quoted in a CPR story highlighting the ongoing mistreatment of mentally ill people in our state. Many are being improperly housed in jails awaiting treatment. Essentially, they are being jailed before they have been convicted of anything. To read Allison Sherry's full story published...