Death Penalty Prosecution in Colorado Costs State Over $1.6 Million, Ends in Life Sentence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After spending seven years and more than $1.6 million seeking the death penalty for a prisoner who killed a Colorado prison guard, prosecutors plea-bargained the case for a life sentence. …
Colorado Prisoner Dies as Nurse Watches Videotape; $2.45 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In September 2019, the final signature of an Arapahoe County, Colorado official was affixed to a $2.45 million settlement agreement in a civil rights lawsuit over the death of prisoner Jeffrey Scott Lillis. Lillis …
Colorado Prisoner Receives $200,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On September 10, 2014, Colorado prisoner Shawn Lovett was serving a 30-year sentence at the Centennial Correctional Facility in Fremont County when he was moved from one part of the prison to another by guards …
Samimi-Gomez v. GEO Group, CO, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 1:19-cv-03200 Document 1 Filed 11/12/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 38 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. NEDA SAMIMI-GOMEZ, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Kamyar Samimi; NEGEEN SAMIMI; …
Denver Tries to End Private Prison Companies’ Halfway House Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2019, thanks to the efforts of newly elected Denver, Colorado councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, the city council declined to renew contracts worth a total of $10.6 million with GEO Group and Core­Civic (formerly …
Lawsuit: Woman Gave Birth Alone in Colorado Jail Cell by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Diana Sanchez gave birth to her son on July 31, 2019 at the Denver County Jail (DCJ), with no assistance from the medical staff. Guards and medical personnel watched from a remote location through a …
CO DOC GTL Contract 2015-2020 CMS# 82140 STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Contract with GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PARTIES.......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. EFFECTIVE DATE AND NOTICE OF NONLIABILITY ............................................................................................. 1 3. RECITALS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 4. DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................................. 2 5. TERM ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3 6. STATEMENT OF WORK ............................................................................................................................................... …
CO DOC GTL Contract Ext Through 7-31-2020 CONTRACT AMENDMENT #3 SIGNATURE AND COVER PAGE State Agency Colorado Department of Corrections ("CDOC" or "Premises Provider") Contractor Global Tel*Link Corporation ("GTL" or "Contractor") Original Contract Number· 82140 Current Contract Maximum Amount This is a revenue-generating contract. No State funds are expended through …
CO DOC GTL Contract Amendment 1 Through 7-31-2020 CONTRACT AMENDMENT I Amendment #l I Orlgillal Contract CMS # 82140 I Amendment CMS# 86708 I) PARTIES This Amendment to the above-referenced Original Contract (hereinafter called the Contract) is entered into by and between Global Tel*Link Corporation (hereinafter called "GTL" or "Contractor" …
Rogers, et al. v. Colorado Dept. of Corrections, et al., CO, videophone communication for deaf prisoners, order, 2019 Case 1:16-cv-02733-STV Document 158 Filed 09/18/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 48 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Consolidated Civil Action No. 16-cv-02733-STV BIONCA CHARMAINE ROGERS, CATHY …
Colorado DOC Settles Lawsuit, Agrees to Treat Thousands of Prisoners with HCV by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by providing lifesaving treatment to thousands of prisoners with hepatitis C (HCV), which will cost the state at least …
Prisoner’s Activism Leads Colorado DOC to Reverse Ban on Greeting Cards, Postcards and Drawings by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Thanks to the activism of Colorado prisoner Tiffany McCoy, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) has rescinded its prohibition against prisoners receiving greeting cards, postcards and drawings. In 2018, the …
Estate of Jesse Binam v. Correct Care Solutions, et al., CO, complaint, wrongful death, suicide, 2019 Case 1:19-cv-02561 Document 1 Filed 09/09/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. ____________________ ESTATE OF JESSE BINAM, BY AND THROUGH …
Walker v. City and County of Denver, CO, Settlement, Sexual Harassment, 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is made between the City and County of Denver ("the City") and Terri Eddy, Rebecca Esquibel, Denita Hartzog, Giovanna Kemp, Lisa Maes, Peggy Major, Courtney Mickelson, Sadie Montano, …
Lillis v. Correct Care Solutions, Inc., CO, Settlement, Medical Negligence-Wrongful Death, 2019 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Full and Final Release and Settlement Agreement (hereinafter “Agreement”) is made this ____ day of August 2019, by and between the Estate of Jeffrey Scott Lillis, by and through its …
Thomas Silverstein, America’s Most Isolated Prisoner, Dies at Age 67 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Instead of being “The Man in the Iron Mask,” federal prisoner Thomas “Tommy” Silverstein spent decades in prison as the man in a concrete box. On May 11, 2019, he was released from that …
Lawsuit Claims Denial of Medical Care Nearly Killed Prisoner at Colorado Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A former Colorado jail prisoner whose medical bills exceeded $2 million filed a lawsuit alleging a private health care provider at the jail denied him treatment until guards overruled them and transported …
Force-Feeding is Cruel, Painful and Degrading – and American Prisons Won’t Stop by Aviva Stahl In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the first time. by Aviva Stahl, The Nation It was …
Rogers v. Colorado Dept of Corrections, CO, Ptf Post-Hearing Brief, ADA Compliance, 2019 Case 1:16-cv-02733-STV Document 152 Filed 07/31/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 16-cv-02733-STV BIONCA CHARMAINE ROGERS, CATHY BEGANO, ANDREW ATKINS, and MARC TREVITHICK, …
