Tag: Cdoc
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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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Colorado Department of Corrections temporarily suspends visitation statewide
The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) said Sunday it has temporarily suspended visitation at all its facilities starting immediately. CDOC has inmates at 21 facilities across Colorado, according to its website. The temporarily suspended visitation comes after an incident at the Bent County Correctional Facility on Saturday evening, according to a spokesperson for CDOC. Two offenders…
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10th Circuit again dismisses ex-prison employee’s challenge to workplace DEI training
The Denver-based federal appeals court dismissed a second lawsuit on Monday brought by a former Colorado Department of Corrections employee who was offended by an equity training module and had alleged it created a hostile work environment. In 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang dismissed Joshua F. Young’s first lawsuit on the grounds that he…
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Corrections officials may be sued for employee’s alleged abuse of detainee, federal judge rules
High-level corrections officials may be sued for their own alleged failures to prevent or respond to an employee’s sexual misconduct toward a detainee, a federal judge decided last month. Rajae Bouhamidi was incarcerated at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. In late 2022, corrections officer Justin Torres allegedly began to sexually harass her. Eventually, he ordered…
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Federal judge advances claim against prison guard for allegedly outing man as ‘snitch’
A federal judge last week agreed an incarcerated man could sue a prison guard for allegedly putting him in danger and retaliating against him by revealing to other inmates that the plaintiff filed a sexual harassment complaint. The plaintiff, who is incarcerated at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, raised allegations against three prison employees that…