Tag: bent county correctional facility
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Mother sues CoreCivic after inmates’ brutal murders at southeast Colorado prison
A mother is suing private prison company CoreCivic after a man and her son were murdered in a brutal attack that left her son with 25 puncture wounds to the face, mostly focused on his right eye, inside the Bent County prison. Charles Gates, 27, and Michael Fisher, 59, were murdered the night of June…
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2 dead inmates ID’d as Colorado Department of Corrections lifts most visitation restrictions
The Colorado Department of Corrections lifted visitation restrictions Monday at all facilities except the Bent County Correctional Facility, the site of a weekend “incident” in which two people died and a third was hospitalized, officials said. The incident reportedly took place on Saturday at the Las Animas facility in southeastern Colorado, according to a statement…
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2 people dead in incident at Bent County Correctional Facility; statewide visitation suspended
Visitations have been suspended at all Colorado Department of Corrections facilities across the state following an incident at the Bent County Correctional Facility that left two people dead and sent a third person to the hospital, according to multiple reports. In a statement on the CDOC’s Facebook page, the agency announced it was investigating the…