Biography
Elisabeth Epps is an attorney, prison-abolition organizer, and founder of the Colorado Freedom Fund. Aurora police arrested her on September 5, 2015 after she intervened while officers confronted a man experiencing a mental-health crisis. She was convicted of obstructing a peace officer and entered the Arapahoe County jail on January 23, 2019 under a 27-day sentence with work-release privileges. She was released on February 7, 2019. Epps later served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2023 to 2025.
