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Former inmates: Crowley prison riot settlement not a victory Play Video
April 25, 2013 9:50 AM
A $600,000 settlement has been reached for nearly 200 prisoners injured in a prison riot eight years ago. It happened in July 2004, at the Crowley County Correctional Complex and lasted almost six hours. In all, 13 inmates were taken to the hospital afterward and hundreds more injured. In... more » -
27 inmates break out from Brazilian prison
February 4, 2013 1:27 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Authorities say 27 inmates escaped from a Brazilian penitentiary crawling through the sewage system. An official at Rio de Janeiro state's Bangu prison complex told media that 31 prisoners attempted the break on Sunday. Within hours four were recaptured still inside the sewage system. It... more » -
Prison locked down following fight
October 19, 2011 2:43 PM
STERLING, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado Department of Corrections has ordered a lock-down at a northeast Colorado prison after about 40 inmates got involved in a fight. One staff member was sent to the hospital for minor injuries, and several inmates were treated for injuries at the Sterling Correctional... more » -
Larimer County inmates found sharpening shanks
October 5, 2011 8:16 PM
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say five Larimer County inmates could face sanctions or criminal charges after surveillance video showed them sharpening pieces of metal from a gymnasium clock into shanks or acting as lookouts for those who did. Sheriff's officials said Wednesday all five are now in a... more » -
Utah inmates sick after drinking in prison
October 5, 2011 5:50 PM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah health officials are investigating a suspected botulism outbreak in 12 inmates who may have contracted the disease after drinking alcohol homebrewed inside a prison cell. Salt Lake Valley Health Department spokesman Nicholas Rupp says eight men were hospitalized, three of which are in critical... more » -
Suit alleges delays in treatment of Colo. inmates
August 31, 2011 8:43 PM
DENVER (AP) - A federal lawsuit accuses the Colorado's Department of Human Services and the state's mental health institute of long delays in evaluating mentally ill inmates and treating those determined unfit for trial. The lawsuit filed Wednesday by the non-profit Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People... more » -
Conn. to help inmates pare child-support bills
May 1, 2011 1:31 PM
ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Authorities in Connecticut are taking steps to help prison inmates cope with a problem that affects them and inmates around the nation: child-support debts that mount while they're behind bars. The state's Judicial Branch says 36 percent of its open child-support cases involve more than... more » -
Corrections Department uses inmates to fight fire
April 13, 2011 2:49 PM
About a hundred firefighters are aiding the effort to contain a wildfire near Las Animas. They come mostly from southern Colorado counties around Las Animas. But about 20 of them are inmates from the Colorado Department of Corrections. They're called the Juniper Valley team and they come from the... more » -
Judge: EPC jail can't limit inmate mail
December 20, 2010 10:17 PM
DENVER (AP) - A judge has ordered the El Paso County jail to halt its policy of restricting inmates' outgoing mail to postcards after a legal challenge of the policy on constitutional grounds. The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado was granted a preliminary injunction Monday blocking enforcement of... more » -
ACLU sues over Boulder jail's mail policy
August 4, 2010 10:05 AM
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is suing over the Boulder County jail's policy of restricting inmates' outgoing mail to postcards. The ACLU claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Denver that the policy is unconstitutional because inmates are reluctant to freely express themselves and... more » -
Small group takes over section of private prison
April 14, 2010 12:32 PM
A small group of Alaska inmates took over a section of the privately owned Hudson Correctional Facility during a prison disturbance overnight. No injuries were reported in the disturbance that happened late Tuesday or early Wednesday at the prison owned by Cornell Companies Inc. Company spokesman Charles Seigel says the... more » -
Colorado prison reports possible swine flu cases
September 30, 2009 6:42 PM
A prison in eastern Colorado has been partially locked down and programs suspended because of a possible outbreak of swine flu. State corrections officials say 17 inmates in the Limon Correctional Facility about 90 miles east of Denver have flu-like symptoms, including a fever. Another 53 inmates have similar symptoms,... more »
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