Tag: El Paso County Jail
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Colorado Springs man charged with attempted murder after being freed by parole error
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mikaele Poloa already was on parole when he walked out of the El Paso County jail, freed after posting a $4,000 bond while facing felony charges for allegedly attempting to rape a woman at gunpoint, stealing a car and committing a carjacking while armed with…
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A dramatic new idea for addressing homelessness | Vince Bzdek
Californians are fed up. A quarter of the country’s homeless population — about 160,000 people — lives in California, and angry voters have had enough. A friend of mine who reports in California put it this way in a recent story: “Here, in the political capital of Blue State America, even the homeless cannot believe…
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Letecia Stauch will stand trial for murder, judge rules
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Letecia Stauch, the El Paso County woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson last year, will stand trial for murder, a judge ruled Thursday. Letecia Stauch hearing: Blood stains from Gannon Stauch’s bedroom among evidence presented District Judge Gregory Werner ruled there was enough evidence…
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El Paso County jail halts paper mail to inmates, sparking complaints
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amid a pandemic that’s roiled incarcerated populations across Colorado, people held at the El Paso County jail have lost an age-old comfort — the ability to keep letters, cards and photos in their cells. In a change that took effect in early April, the El Paso…
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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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El Paso County jail, sheriff given orders to protect inmates from COVID-19
A judge issued an order Monday morning outlining steps required for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office to protect inmates and jail staff against the coronavirus, including making masks mandatory within the facility, as the first steps in a class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Colorado. Under the order, which was filed in U.S.…
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What could Polis, Colorado have done better in COVID-19 fight? | Vince Bzdek
On Wednesday at 8:40 p.m., Gov. Jared Polis posted a major health policy change on Facebook, announcing that counties at the red level of the state public health department’s dial will move to orange on Monday. It was the second announcement of the day to take those most affected by surprise; at a news conference…
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ACLU files lawsuit against El Paso County sheriff over record COVID-19 outbreak at jail
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the coronavirus swept through Colorado’s penal institutions, El Paso County jail inmates went months without access to masks, even facing threats of discipline if they tried to use bed sheets or underwear as face coverings, the ACLU of Colorado said Sunday in a class-action…
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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…
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Number of El Paso County jail inmates infected with COVID-19 drops below 200
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The number of inmates infected with the highly-contagious COVID-19 has plummeted to less than 200, officials said Thursday after hundreds of inmates at the El Paso County jail had finished their quarantine and tested negative…