Tag: sterling correctional facility
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Federal judge allows retaliation claims to proceed against prison officials
A federal judge agreed last week that a man incarcerated at Sterling Correctional Facility had credibly alleged that employees retaliated against him for filing grievances, including by taking away his disability accommodations and turning off his electricity. Louis Peoples Jr., 72, has visual and mobility impairments, plus a heart condition, diabetes, and susceptibility to seizures.…
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Colorado legal settlement would improve housing, care for trans women inmates
Taliyah Murphy received a letter in early 2018 about a soon-to-be-filed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of transgender women like her who were housed in men’s prisons in Colorado. It gave her hope. Murphy and other trans women in Colorado had faced years of sexual harassment and often violence from staff members and fellow incarcerated…
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After Denver jail COVID-19 cases spiked, officials scrambled to lower publicly reported counts
On Wednesday, May 20, when the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment published weekly coronavirus outbreak figures from around the state, one entry stood out: Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center, Denver’s largest jail, reported 398 new confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases, bringing the facility’s total to 581, the largest outbreak in the state. The spike…