Tag: prison
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8 arrested, 6 vehicles recovered in multi-agency investigation: Colorado Springs police
Several stolen vehicles were recovered and eight individuals arrested after a multi-agency investigation in the Colorado Springs area, police said Tuesday. No names were released, but the arrested individuals are facing a variety of felony and misdemeanor charges for alleged motor vehicle theft and drug-related offenses, police said in an online blotter entry. A Beat…
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10th Circuit allows lawsuit to proceed against federal prison officials who attacked fellow staff
The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Tuesday that multiple prison employees could be held individually liable for taking a hostage-training exercise too far and, as a trial judge found, engaging “in combat” with other staff members. The question before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit was whether the government…
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Fentanyl smuggling attempts at the El Paso County jail foiled: Sheriff’s Office
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies recently stopped two separate attempts to smuggle fentanyl into the jail, officials said in a Tuesday news release. Samantha Peterson and Domenic Dangelo face charges related to the illegal introduction of contraband into the jail, punishable by up to six years in prison, the Sheriff’s Office said. On July 23,…
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Goodwill of Colorado employee — a former prison inmate — featured in national campaign
Anthony Martinez takes pleasure in the simple morning ritual of tying his tie as he prepares to go to work. To him, the neckwear is a symbol of respectability, a daily reminder that he is a professional. “I find it very pleasurable,” he said. Ten years ago, as a recently released prison inmate looking for…
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Federal judge green-lights former inmate’s disability discrimination claim for trial
A federal judge last month agreed a jury would decide whether the Colorado Department of Corrections intentionally discriminated against an incarcerated man by imposing restrictions on him after he failed to report to work because of his disability. However, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang observed plaintiff Charles Williams is not entitled to most…
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El Paso County inmate gets 6 years in prison for distributing fentanyl inside jail
An inmate at the El Paso County Jail will serve prison time for distributing fentanyl inside the correctional facility, according to a Monday news release from the Sheriff’s office. Wendy Sanchez, 44, pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance in May and was sentenced to six years in prison, officials said. The conviction was…
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Federal judge defends $3.5M verdict in disability discrimination case
A federal judge this month rejected an attempt by the Colorado Department of Corrections to slash a jury’s $3.5 million award to an incarcerated man who missed thousands of meals, defecated on himself and endured physical pain because prison officials did not accommodate his disability in violation of federal law. U.S. District Court Judge S.…
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10th Circuit warns employers against discriminatory DEI programming
The federal appeals court based in Denver sent up a warning flare to employers on Monday that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts can cross the line into illegal workplace discrimination, deeming certain race-conscious programming “troubling” and the product of “ideological messaging.” At the same time, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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Federal judge sends case of prisoner’s death to jury
A federal judge ruled last month that a jury will decide whether medical personnel at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility were negligent or deliberately indifferent to an incarcerated man whose deteriorating condition culminated in his 2017 death. Lorenzo Gabriel Flores had recently been transferred to the prison in Cañon City when he collapsed in his cell and…
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Federal judge dismisses challenge to ‘frustrating’ delays in sex offender treatment behind bars
A federal judge recently dismissed an incarcerated man’s challenge to his lack of sex offender treatment in the Colorado Department of Corrections, despite having no idea when he will have access to that mandatory component of his criminal sentence. U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez determined David A. Wismer III did not sufficiently allege…