Tag: Prison
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EDITORIAL: ‘Crowded’ prisons = safer Colorado
Let’s welcome news reported by The Gazette this week that Colorado’s prison population is on the rise, with more lawbreakers reportedly behind bars for parole violations. That’s encouraging in a state that has weathered an epic crime wave in recent years, often enough at the hands of parolees. The surge in our prison population reflects…
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Man sentenced to 25 years prison for attempted kidnapping of teen girl in Westminster
Adams County Judge Brett Martin sentenced a man to 25 years in prison Tuesday for multiple robberies and an attempted kidnapping across Thornton and Westminster in 2024. Jeremiah Mullins, 32, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated robbery, second-degree attempted kidnapping and second-degree motor vehicle theft for robbing multiple people at gunpoint and later trying to…
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Denver man sentenced to 48 years in prison after 100,000 fentanyl pills were seized
A Denver man will spend the next several decades in prison for his part in a major Northern Colorado drug trafficking ring. Colorado State Troopers pulled over Miguel Gutierrez-Heredia, in Fruita, Colorado on March 26th, 2024, for driving 98 mph in a 75 mph speed zone, according to a news release from the 19th Judicial…
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Judge reluctantly lets appeal proceed in case of prisoner who missed SCOTUS deadline due to library closure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Wednesday declined to let a jury trial proceed as scheduled and instead opted to let the Denver-based federal appeals court decide if two prison employees have immunity in an incarcerated man’s…
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Federal judge green-lights former inmate’s disability discrimination claim for trial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge last month agreed a jury would decide whether the Colorado Department of Corrections intentionally discriminated against an incarcerated man by imposing restrictions on him after he failed to report to work because of his disability. However, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y.…
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Colorado reduces prison sentences for inmates pursuing higher education
Colorado has among the worst recidivism rates in the country, with more than 50% of people released from prison ending up back behind bars within three years. Now, the state is taking a new approach to address the issue by incentivizing prisoners to pursue higher education. House Bill 1037 reduces prison sentences for non-violent offenders who complete higher…
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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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Appeals court says prohibition on involuntary servitude not applicable to prison labor
Colorado voters who made slavery and involuntary servitude unconstitutional in 2018 did not mean to abolish the state Department of Corrections’ prison labor program, the Court of Appeals ruled last week. A three-judge panel for the appellate court turned away the constitutional challenge of inmate A. Mark Lamar, who argued the general requirement that prisoners…
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Colorado judge rejects inmate’s request to order changes to prison dental policies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge has rebuffed an inmate’s request to order prison officials to halt their alleged unofficial policy of denying dental crowns to detainees, believing the Federal Bureau of Prisons should be left to manage its own medical protocols. Peter George Noe, who is incarcerated…
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Federal judge considers ‘misleading’ prison explanation of Boston bomber’s restrictions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Wednesday questioned a Federal Bureau of Prisons official about the accuracy of the bureau’s response to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man sentenced to death for killing four people in April 2013 in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing, and who is now challenging…