Articles by Alan Pendergast

If the Shoe Fits: Did Colorado Prison Officials Look the Other Way While a Guard's Fetish Turned Vio

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2006 by Alan Pendergast published in Prison Legal News February, 2006, page 24

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct. Location: Colorado.

If the Shoe Fits: Did Colorado Prison Officials Look the Other Way While a Guard's Fetish Turned Violent?

by Alan Prendergast

Suppose that you're the warden of a women's prison. Among your valued employees is a prison guard named Dave, whose job puts him in charge of dozens of female ...

Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2004 by Alan Pendergast published in Prison Legal News November, 2004, page 26

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Guard Unions. Location: Colorado.

by Alan Prendergast

The seven men sat around the defense table Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2003, murmuring quietly to each other and exchanging hearty good-luck handshakes with their attorneys. The tension was thick, anticipation high.

Shortly after 4 p.m., the jurors filed into U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel's courtroom. The ...