Tag: slavery
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Former El Paso County deputy accused of human trafficking
A former El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Thursday on suspicion of human trafficking. The former deputy, 63-year-old Ivan Sundheim, was arrested by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Spring, Texas, and booked into the Harris County jail, where he is being held without bond as of Friday. He faces charges of human trafficking…
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Polis, corrections director immune from man’s lawsuit over prison work program, appeals court rules
Gov. Jared Polis and the former director of the Colorado Department of Corrections are immune from an incarcerated man’s lawsuit for money damages over the state’s prison work program, the Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. John Patrick Fletcher, who resides at Buena Vista Correctional Facility, sought roughly $2 million from Polis and Dean Williams,…