A Plea for Help – Broken Mental Health System

Recent signers:
Jaxson Terrell and 13 others have signed recently.

The Issue

🚨 OUR COMMUNITY IS IN CRISIS 🚨

Every day in Pueblo and across Colorado, people with severe mental illness are left to suffer:

Years in jail without proper care

Stuck on endless hospital waitlists

Released as “competent” despite clear evidence otherwise

Forced to survive on the streets, self-medicating to escape terrifying delusions

This isn’t just one story — it’s happening to our neighbors, friends, and families.

The system is broken. Beds are full. Facilities are overwhelmed. People are dying.

We need our whole community to stand together for change:

✔ Legal advocacy for the mentally ill

✔ Long-term psychiatric care & housing

✔ Policy reform to end neglect

✍ PLEASE SIGN • SHARE • SPEAK UP — TOGETHER, WE CAN SAVE LIVES

 

 

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Recent signers:
Jaxson Terrell and 13 others have signed recently.

The Issue

🚨 OUR COMMUNITY IS IN CRISIS 🚨

Every day in Pueblo and across Colorado, people with severe mental illness are left to suffer:

Years in jail without proper care

Stuck on endless hospital waitlists

Released as “competent” despite clear evidence otherwise

Forced to survive on the streets, self-medicating to escape terrifying delusions

This isn’t just one story — it’s happening to our neighbors, friends, and families.

The system is broken. Beds are full. Facilities are overwhelmed. People are dying.

We need our whole community to stand together for change:

✔ Legal advocacy for the mentally ill

✔ Long-term psychiatric care & housing

✔ Policy reform to end neglect

✍ PLEASE SIGN • SHARE • SPEAK UP — TOGETHER, WE CAN SAVE LIVES

 

 

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The Decision Makers

Jared Polis
Colorado Governor
Nick Hinrichsen
Colorado State Senate - District 3
Tisha Mauro
Colorado House of Representatives - District 46

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Petition created on July 29, 2025