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Solitary confinement bill advances Colo. House
May 10, 2011 5:18 PM
DENVER (AP) - The Colorado House has advanced a watered-down version of a bill that once sought big changes to how inmates are placed in solitary confinement and for how long. House lawmakers gave an initial OK to the bill Tuesday and will vote on it one more time... more » -
Revisions to solitary confinement bill
April 26, 2011 2:45 PM
DENVER (AP) - Colorado lawmakers have backed away from sweeping new rules on solitary confinement in state prisons. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted instead Tuesday for a watered-down measure that makes only small changes to how the Colorado Department of Corrections decides to put an inmate in solitary. The... more » -
Bill would change rules on mentally ill in solitary confinement
April 26, 2011 1:23 PM
DENVER (AP) - A bill to limit the number of mentally ill inmates who can be put in solitary confinement in Colorado prisons faces its first vote in the Legislature. The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote Tuesday on the measure. The percentage of Colorado inmates with mental... more » -
Colorado bill seeks to limit solitary confinement
March 13, 2011 3:55 PM
DENVER (AP) - Two Colorado Democratic lawmakers want to limit the number of mentally ill inmates who are placed in solitary confinement. State Sen. Morgan Carroll and Rep. Claire Levy say their bill is needed to lower the recidivism rate for inmates with mental health problems who are placed... more » -
Colorado inmate seeks release from solitary confinement
May 3, 2010 7:02 PM
A Colorado State Penitentiary inmate has filed a lawsuit seeking a way out of solitary confinement, claiming he's there because of untreated mental illnesses. The lawsuit filed by University of Denver law students in U.S. District Court Monday claims that prison officials refuse to give inmate Troy Anderson's proper... more » -
Judge keeps Supermax inmate's lawsuit alive
March 24, 2010 5:28 PM
A judge says a federal inmate who killed at least two other inmates and a correctional officer can proceed with a lawsuit challenging his placement in solitary confinement. Thomas Silverstein has been in the federal prison system since 1978 following a conviction for an armed bank robbery. He has... more »
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