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Urinalysis is Search

Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Self Incrimination, Drug Testing

Urinalysis is Search by Anthony Lucero is a Colorado state prisoner. He refused prison official's order to submit a urine sample for urinalysis testing and was infracted, found guilty and punished for refusing to obey an order. Lucero filed suit under § 1983 claiming that the urinalysis violated his rights …

CO Affirms Right to Impartial Hearing Board

Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings), Hearing Officers

CO Affirms Right to Impartial Hearing Board by C. Frank Villa is a Colorado state prisoner. He was infracted for allegedly throwing food at a prison guard. At his disciplinary hearing Villa learned that the guard in question, who also issued the disciplinary report, had phoned one of the disciplinary …

Riot at FCI Florence

Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994

Filed under: Organizing, Prison Rebellion

Riot at FCI Florence by Florence, CO, is the future site of the federal government's new supermax prison. Eventually Florence will have a minimum, medium, maximum and supermax prison within one big complex. The minimum and medium sections are already opened and operational. PLN has reported on the control unit …

Death Threats and "Snitch Jacketing" by Guards Unlawful

Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993

Filed under: Work Release, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Snitch Jacketing, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General)

Death Threats and "Snitch Jacketing" by Guards Unlawful by Craig Northington is a Colorado state prisoner assigned to community placement. While going to his work site plainclothes prison officials surprised him, put guns to his head without identifying themselves as prison guards, threatened to kill him and verbally and physically …

Parole Officers Can Be Sued

Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992

Filed under: Parole, Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity, Judicial Immunity

Parole Officers Can Be Sued by Stephen Mee was a Colorado parolee whose parole was revoked by Jose Ortega, his parole officer, for alleged harassment. Ortega kept Mee in jail despite being told by the local prosecutor that because no violation of criminal law had occurred, Mee could not be …

The Proposed Prison in Florence, CO: A "New and Improved" Marion

Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

The Proposed Prison in Florence, CO: A "New and Improved" Marion by The Proposed Prison in Florence, CO: A "New and Improved" Marion The United States Penitentiary at Marion, located in Southern Illinois, opened in 1963 to replace Alcatraz, which closed that same year. Marion is the most maximum security …

Taking of Property May State Federal Claim

Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992

Filed under: Money/Property, Prisoner Property

Taking of Property May State Federal Claim by Colorado prison officials confiscated a state prisoner's stereo and refused to return it to him. Freeman, the prisoner, filed several administrative grievances with no success. He filed suit in small claims court and defendants did not respond, and when he sought default …

The Protection of the Law

Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Costs, Witnesses

The Protection of the Law by Bill Dunne The Protection Of The Law By Bill Dunne There are lots of laws on the books that say the various agencies of the government must do (or not do) this or that for the governed, from whom the "just powers" of those …

Privacy Right Not To Be Viewed Naked by Opposite Sex Prison Guards

Article • November 15, 1991 • from PLN November, 1991

Filed under: Transfers, Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Men

Privacy Right Not To Be Viewed Naked by Opposite Sex Prison Guards by Privacy Right Not To Be Viewed Naked By Opposite Sex Prison Guards A Colorado state prisoner filed suit under § 1983 claiming violation of his rights to due process and equal protection when he was placed in …

Prison Legal News v. Executive Office for US Attorneys, Freedom of Information Act BOP Video Lawsuit Complaint. 2008.

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Prison Legal News v. Executive Office for US Attorneys, Freedom of Information Act BOP Video Lawsuit Complaint. 2008. Case 1:08-cv-01055-MSK Document 1 Filed 05/20/2008 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR …

CO Phone Kickbacks 2004-2008

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Filed under: Telephones

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CO Phone Rates 2010

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Phone Rates 2010 Colorado DOC Collect Local IntraLATA IntraState Interstate V-Connect Local IntraLATA IntraState Interstate Debit Local IntraLATA IntraState Interstate Service Charge 2.75 2.75 2.75 3.95 Service Charge 2.75 2.75 2.75 3.95 Service Charge 1.25 1.25 1.25 2.00 Per Minute Charge Day Evening Night 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.89 0.23 …

CO Phone Rates 2008

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Phone Rates 2008 CONTRACT AMENDMENT Amendment # 1 Original Contract Routing Number: 07CAA00163 1. PARTIES: This Amendment to the above-referenced Original Contract (hereinafter called the Contract) is entered into by and between Value Added Communications. Inc (hereinafter called "Contractor" or "VACI"). and the STATE OF COLORADO (hereinafter called the …

CO Contract with Value Added Communications 2006

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Contract with Value Added Communications 2006 Contract Routing Number 07CAAOO(b3 CONTRACT THIS CONTRACT, made this 18th day of September 2006, by and between the State of Colorado for use and benefit of the Colorado Department of Corrections, State of Colorado, P. O. Box 1010, Canon City, Colorado, 81212, hereinafter …

CO Contract with MCI Worldcom 2001

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Contract with MCI Worldcom 2001 Department!Agency Number CAA CONTRACT THIS CONTRACT (Contract), made and effective upon the date of the Colorado State Controller's signature (the Effective Date), by and between the State of Colorado for use and benefit of the Colorado Department of Corrections (collectively, State or DOC), State …

CO Contract with VAC 2009-2011 Amendment 1

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Contract with VAC 2009-2011 Amendment 1 CONTRACT AMENDMENT #1 I Amendment #1 I Original Cont ract (CLlN) #09CAA00153 I Amendment CMS # 25906 1) PARTIES This Amend ment to the aboveMreferenced Original Contract (hereinafter ca lled the Contract) is entered into by and between Va lue Added Communications, Inc. …

CO Contract with VAC 2009-2011

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Contract with VAC 2009-2011 Contract Routihg Number 09CAA00153 CONTRACT THIS CONTRACT, by and between the State of Colorado for use and benefit of the Colorado Department of Corrections, P. O. Box 1010, Canon City, Colorado, 81215.;.1010, hereinafter "State or CDOC", and Value Added Communications, Inc., 3801 East Plano Parkway, …

2012- Colorado Inmate Phone Commission Total

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Filed under: Telephones

2012- Colorado Inmate Phone Commission Total 2012 Colorado Commission Total Good afternoon, In response to your inquiry dated 11/14/13; For the CDOC's 2012 fiscal year (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012), the commission received by the Canteen Enterprise Fund (for CDOC offender benefit) was $2,466,726. Please let me know if you …

CO Contract with VAC 2009-2011 Amendment 2 -- Extension to 2014

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Contract with VAC 2009-2011 Amendment 2 -- Extension to 2014 CONTRACT AMENDMENT Amendment # 2 (FY12) Original Contract CMS #25902 (09CAA00153) Amendment CMS # 40863 1) PARTIES This Amendment to the above-referenced Original Contract (hereinafter called the Contract) is entered into by and between Value Added Communications, Inc., 3801 …

CO Contract with MCI Worldcom -- Amendment 1 -- 2006

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Contract with MCI Worldcom -- Amendment 1 -- 2006 Colorado Department of Corrections 07CAA00156 CONTRACT AMENDMENT #1 THIS AMENDMENT, made this 30th day of October, 2006, by and between the State of Colorado for the use and benefit of the Colorado Department of Corrections, State of Colorado, P.O. Box …