BOP Settles Employee's Retaliation Lawsuit for $35,000 by David T. Lee was a GS-7 inmate systems officer at the FCI in Florence, Colorado when he applied to two GS-8 positions. He was not selected for either position. Believing the reason for this was racial prejudice, he filed a complaint with …
Walker v. City and County of Denver, CO, Second Amended Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-02539-CMA-STV Document 65 Filed 08/12/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 15-cv-02539-MSK-MJW TERRI EDDY, REBECCA ESQUIBEL, DENITA HARTZOG, GIOVANNA KEMP, LISA …
Discretionary Parole State Board of Parole Performance Audit, CO State Auditor, 2008 REPORT OF THE STATE AUDITOR Discretionary Parole State Board of Parole Performance Audit November 2008 LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE 2008 MEMBERS Representative James Kerr Chair Representative Dianne Primavera Vice-Chair Senator Jim Isgar Representative Rosemary Marshall Representative Frank McNulty Senator …
Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Colorado’s continued warehousing of mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement, ACLU, 2014 Out of Sight, Out of Mind Colorado’s continued warehousing of mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to fulfilling …
Results from Seven States Shows Program-Driven Recidivism Reduction by The National Reentry Resource Center has published a new study of seven states showing that with proper pre-release programming, recidivism rates can be reduced by a significant amount. The study, which covered the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, …
Colorado Shuts Down $208M Boondoggle; Taxpayers On Hook for Empty Prison by A new Colorado prison built exclusively for solitary confinement was itself abandoned by the state on Nov. 1, 2012, much like the people it was supposed to incarcerate. Now, unless the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) bails out …
Colorado Jail Settles Suit over Lack of Accommodation for the Deaf for $100,000 by Paresh Patel Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC), a Colorado non-profit organization, filed a civil complaint against Douglas Darr, in his official capacity as Sherriff of Adams County, Colorado for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), …
Successful Parole Program in Colorado Appears to be 86'ed Without Clements by Joe Watson A one-of-a-kind parole program in Colorado that boasts an otherworldly 98%-success rate now faces an uncertain future without Tom Clements—the former Colorado DOC chief who was murdered in 2013—advocating for the program and the prisoners who …
Amnesty International Says ADX-Florence Supermax Violates International Law by Mark Wilson The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is subjecting prisoners to cruel, degrading and “inhuman” conditions, in violation of international law, by locking them in long-term solitary confinement at the Administrative Maximum facility (ADX) at Florence, Colorado, according to a recent …
Prisoner Settles with Federal Bureau of Prisons Over Civil Right Violations by Christopher Zoukis Lonnie Benefield, a prisoner housed at United States Penitentiary Florence, Colorado, settled his claim against the Federal Bureau of Prisons for $150.00. Benefield's suit was filed in March, 1998, and settled in June, 2002. The settlement …
Tenth Circuit Finds Compelled, Incriminating Sex Offender Polygraphs Unconstitutional by Christopher Zoukis In May 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that sex offenders released from custody cannot be compelled to answer potentially incriminating polygraph questions as a condition of their supervised release. The ruling came …
Denver Settles Suit over Sanctioned Assaults of Prisoner for $3.5 Million by On July 24, 2014, the City and County of Denver, Colorado signed off on a $3.5 million settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly beaten and scalded with steaming water by …
BOP’s Guard’s Termination Reversed for Suspension; Back Pay Awarded by The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board mitigated the termination of a guard charged with two “failure to report” violations, reducing the penalty to a 30 day suspension and ordering back pay and benefits. Richard Andert was a guard at the …
BOP Pays $65,000, Awards Leave Time, and Provides Accommodation in EEOC Claim by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $65,000 to settle an employee’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint claiming it failed to accommodate his disability. BOP also restored over 900 hours of leave and provided accommodating employment. Joel Goodman …
BOP Pays $15,000 to Settle Terminated Employee’s Sexual Discrimination Claim by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $15,000 to settle a sexual discrimination claim by a Cook Supervisor who was terminated. It also agreed to pay attorney fees. Nancy L. Mc Namara worked as a Cook Supervisor at FCI Florence …
BOP Employee Receives $45,000 Settlement for Retaliation by The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paid $45,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging retaliation for engaging in activity protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Melvin Dunlap began his career with BOP on October 16, 1983, as a guard. …
Center for Legal Advocacy v. Bicha, CO, Mot to Dismiss, Jail Mental Health, 2016 Case 1:11-cv-02285-NYW Document 78 Filed 07/28/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. ll-CV-02285-NYW CENTER FOR LEGAL ADVOCACY, d/b/a DISABILITY LAW COLORADO, Plaintiff, …
Colorado Sex Offender Management Board Audit, Central Coast Clinical & Forensic Psychology Services, 2014 An External Evaluation of The Colorado Sex Offender Management Board Standards and Guidelines Central Coast Clinical & Forensic Psychology Services, Inc. Deirdre M. D’Orazio, PhD David Thornton, PhD Anthony Beech, DPhil 3 January 2014 In Response …
The Taste of Exploitation: Whole Foods Stops Carrying Products Made by Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Visit the website for Haystack Mountain, a Colorado-based goat cheese manufacturer, and you will find information about fancy chèvre and other tasty products. The “Our People” section includes profiles on cheesemaker Jackie Chang and other …
Tenth Circuit Affirms Murder Conviction Called into Question by New DNA Evidence by Derek Gilna In 2005, federal prisoner Mark Jordan was convicted of the June 1999 recreation-yard murder of fellow prisoner David Stone at USP Florence in Florence, Colorado. In 2012, another prisoner who had been present at the …
