Tag: Prison
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Driver sentenced in death of Boulder cyclist Magnus White may be placed in halfway house
The woman who hit and killed 17-year-old cycling phenom Magnus White in Boulder may be placed in a halfway house only six months into her four-year sentence. On Thursday, White’s family received a letter from the Colorado Department of Corrections Victim Service’s Unit that Yeva Smilianska is “being referred, according to Colorado Law, for consideration of…
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Federal judge awards $10,000 to Supermax prisoner for guard’s use of force
A federal judge took the rare step last week of concluding an incarcerated, self-represented plaintiff should be compensated $10,000 by the U.S. government for a prison guard’s unwarranted use of force. After a five-day bench trial in which Khalfan Khamis Mohamed represented himself against the government’s attorneys, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson…
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A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early
On June 30, deputies from the Denver Sheriff Department responded to an overnight call for help in the agency’s Downtown Detention Center. They found a man — later identified as 34-year-old Vincent Chacon — unresponsive in his cell, where he was pronounced dead, the police said in a news release. Police investigators later said the…
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Ombudsman: Colorado youth services staff conducted strip searches without proper documentation or oversight
The Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman released a report Tuesday detailing an apparent pattern of policy violations and lack of oversight by Division of Youth Services staff conducting strip searches of juveniles in their care. The report, which reviewed 1,009 strip searches conducted by DYS staff in centers across the state between 2023 and 2025, said…
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…