Tag: Bill Elder
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Spike in suicides at Colorado jail highlights shortfalls of mental health care for those behind bars
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a 33-year-old man took his life last week while incarcerated at the El Paso County jail, the number of suicides in the facility since 2019 rose to five, after nearly a decade when none…
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Colorado ‘red flag’ law shows some success, but inconsistent use
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 33-year-old Denver man liked to strap three handguns on to his belt for his sessions with his psychiatrist and often made veiled threats, telling her once that she should take more care about letting people like him come back to her office. Police later…
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El Paso County jail staff, inmates cite lack of masks in COVID-19 outbreak that became one of the largest in the state
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eight months into the pandemic and four months after the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received up to $15.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds, the county jail became the site of one of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreaks, with staff and inmates stating that they were…