Colorado did issue a forward looking policy to end administrative segregation in Colorado Prisons for inmates with mental illness, after the Lopez matter -- although the State rarely mentions Christopher Lopez. The policy is widely heralded nationally as a great move, and it is.
Subsequent matters include the continuation of the Jail Wait Case, the Colorado Mental Health Institute @ Pueblo's staffing crisis, and the State's resistance to complying with Olmstead, specifically measurable goals, reasonable time frames, and funding to support the plan.
Colorado pays prison whistleblower $280,000 [Denver Post] -- fired Whistleblower claimed the State tried to exaggerate compliance with new Administrative Segregation policy -- and in fact later Audit found compliance problems.