Tag: Department Of Corrections
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Dean Williams resigns as executive director of Colorado’s Department of Corrections
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dean Williams, who pushed to reform Colorado’s prisons as executive director of the state’s Department of Corrections, announced in an email to employees that he is resigning from his position. “I have made the difficult decision to transition out of my role as Executive Director…
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Suspect killed in Broomfield shootout with police had violent background
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The suspect killed in a police shootout in Broomfield Sept. 29 had a violent background, a warrant out for his arrest and was a “person of interest” in a Denver homicide case, according to court records. The Adams County Coroner identified the suspect as Anthony Geovany Lainez, 25, of Arvada. Though the manner and cause of…
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Police identify man arrested in shooting death of Arvada police officer
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Arvada police have arrested Sonny Thomas Almanza, 31, of Arvada on suspicion of murdering a peace officer in connection with the shooting death of Officer Dillon Michael Vakoff, court records show. Vakoff was fatally shot around 1:40 a.m. Sunday while responding to a disturbance in the 6700 block of West 51st Avenue. Almanza and a…
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Judge allows inmate’s lawsuit to proceed against prison officials for failure to protect, retaliation
A federal judge has allowed an inmate to pursue his lawsuit against Colorado prison officials based on allegations they failed to protect him, instructed other prisoners to fight him and retaliated against him for filing grievances. Although the defendants attempted to characterize Terance DeJuan Wilson as a “frequent filer” who regularly pursues scattershot claims in…
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Bond set for man shot by Denver police in LoDo; DA asks for more time to file charges
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann on Tuesday asked the court for more time to file criminal charges against Jordan Tyler Trey Waddy, who was shot and wounded by officers along with five bystanders early Sunday morning after police say Waddy brandished a gun in the city’s Lower Downtown area. “The Denver Police Department is attempting to…
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America’s 1st statewide prison radio launches in Colorado, seeks to build bridges: ‘Feeling human again’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save America’s first statewide prison radio station, Inside Wire, launched March 1 with a media blitz that drew national attention and packed the education and library building at Limon Correctional Facility on Colorado’s eastern plains. The half-dozen attendees who weren’t free to leave after the festivities…
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Colorado inmates, relatives call coronavirus a death sentence, urge more early releases
At 84 years old, Anthony Martinez is nearly blind and deaf. He can no longer walk on his own and his kidneys are failing. He struggles to write his own name, his niece says, a sign of brain deterioration after more than 30 years in prison. And though he seemingly poses little threat to anyone,…