Mother Questions Her Son’s “Natural” Death in Colorado CCA Prison by Alan Prendergast On October 28, 2010, a 26-year-old prisoner named Terrell Griswold was found slumped over and unresponsive in his cell at the Bent County Correctional Facility, a private prison in southeastern Colorado. The official cause of death was …
Prison Sexual Abuse Survivor Speaks Out by Alan Prendergast In January 2010, Scott Howard, a 39-year-old federal prisoner, made his way briskly into a hearing room in the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building in Washington, D.C. He was neatly dressed in blazer, slacks and tie, and quite nervous about what …
Denver Prisoner’s Death Ruled a Homicide; Family Files Suit by Brandon Sample The Denver area coroner’s office has ruled the death of a prisoner at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Facility (VCSDF) a homicide. Marvin L. Booker, 56, a homeless preacher, died on July 9, 2010 after a struggle with guards …
PLN Wins Partial Victory, Attorneys Fees in FOIA Video Tape Suit Against U.S. Attorneys’ Office by Brandon Sample by Brandon Sample and Derek Gilna In a lawsuit brought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Prison Legal News was awarded attorneys fees by a U.S. District Court in Colorado after …
Colorado Prison Culinary Program Caters to Local Community by Prisoners at Colorado’s Sterling Correctional Facility (SCF) are catering local events as part of a culinary training program at the prison. Their cuisine has such a fine reputation that in March 2011 students at one high school asked SCF to cater …
Boulder, Colorado Jail’s Postcard-Only Correspondence Policy Ends with Settlement by The ACLU has settled a lawsuit on behalf of detainees at Colorado’s Boulder County Jail, ending a policy that limited prisoners’ personal correspondence to postcards. The policy went into effect in March 2010 and the ACLU filed suit five months …
Texas Prisoner’s Defamation Suit Dismissed by Federal Prisoner’s Defamation Suit Dismissed On June 17, 2011, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson dismissed a defamation suit filed by a federal prisoner against a Washington Post columnist. James Carpenter, a federal prisoner, sued Colbert I. King, a Washington Post columnist, after the …
Postcard-Only Mail Policy Enjoined at Colorado Jail by On December 20, 2010, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel issued a preliminary injunction against a postcard-only mail policy instituted at the El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The injunction resulted from a class-action lawsuit filed by a …
Booker v. Denver, CO, Complaint, Excessive Force Jail, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00645-RBJ-KMT Document 36 Filed 10/04/11 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 54 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 11-cv-00645-WYD-KMT ESTATE OF MARVIN L. BOOKER, REVEREND B.R. BOOKER, SR., and ROXEY A. WALTON, as …
CCCF Inmates v. CCR, CO, Plaintiff Apellate Brief, Deposition Costs, 2011 Plaintiff-Petitioners, by and through their attorneys, William A. Trine of Trine & Metcalf, P.C., and Cheryl Trine of Cheryl Trine Law Firm LLC hereby petition this Court pursuant to C.A.R. 2.1, and in support states: I. STANDARD OF REVIEW. …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Testimony Transcript - Wojtalewicz, prison riot, 2011 Transcript of the Testimony of Randal Floyd Wojtalewicz Date: September 23, 2011 Volume: Case: Vance A. Adams, et al v. Corrections Corporation of America Printed On: January 17, 2013 Ak/Ret Reporting, Records & Video, Inc. Phone:361-882-9037 Fax:361-882-3355 Email:akretinc@aol.com Internet: …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Mot for PO, Disclosure of Medical Requests, 2011 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. Defendants: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION …
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Adams v. CCA, CO, Exhibit, Disclosure of Medical Requests, 2011 District Court, Crowley County, State of Colorado I 10 East 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, CO 81063 719-267-4468 Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et a!. Defendant: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA Counterclaimant: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA Counterclaim Defendants: RICHARD ALLISON, et a!. …
Resentence Credit May Be Used to Reduce Period of Mandatory Parole, Colorado Supreme Court Decides by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample Presentence confinement credit (PSCC) unapplied during incarceration may be used to reduce an offender’s period of mandatory parole, the Supreme Court of Colorado decided December 3, 2008. Joseph Edwards …
Colorado Women Prisoners Call Strip-search Procedure Demeaning, Traumatizing by Pamela White Being strip-searched has long been a part of incarceration. But prisoners at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility (DWCF) say a change in their strip-search procedure subjects them to undue humiliation and leaves some of them traumatized, particularly those with …
Judge Rejects Challenge to BOP’s Special Administrative Measures by Brandon Sample On January 27, 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis T. Babcock dismissed a lawsuit challenging Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) imposed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). SAMs are authorized under 28 C.F.R. § 501.3(a). Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Index to List of Supporting Documents, prison riot, 2010 COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF COLORADO 101 West Colfax Ave., Ste. 800 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303) 837-3785 _______________________________________________ Appeal From: Crowley County District Court Case No. 2005CV60, Consolidated With 2006CV8 The Honorable Michael Schiferl ▲ COURT …
No Rehearing For Disciplinary Actions Vacated On Substantive Grounds by Bob Williams By Bob Williams In another unpublished decision, a unanimous Colorado Court of Appeals has held that if a prisoner's administrative disciplinary conviction is vacated on district court review, expungement and not a rehearing is mandatory if the reversal …
Treatment Required For Prisoners Committing Sex Offenses In Prison by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The Colorado Court of Appeals rejected a plea by a state prisoner to avoid Colorado's Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) which the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) requires based on sexually based disciplinary infractions. Timothy …
