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• Retired DOC officer: Staffing levels affecting safety of current officers Play Video

  September 26, 2012 8:45 PM

  A retired Department of Corrections officer who spent about a decade working at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility says he's concerned for the safety of current officers. He spoke exclusively with News 5 after Monday's deadly attack on prison employees. 33-year-old Miguel Alonso Contreras-Perez is accused in the brutal... more »

• Inmate dies in Sterling

  November 26, 2011 8:25 AM

  STERLING, Colo. (AP) - Colorado Department of Corrections officials say an inmate has been found dead in his cell at the Sterling Correctional Facility. The inmate was found around 4:15 a.m. Friday. His name wasn't immediately released. The death is under investigation. more »

• Inmate pleads insanity to escape, hostage-taking

  August 27, 2011 1:29 PM

  STERLING, Colo. (AP) - An inmate who escaped from a maximum-security Colorado prison has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to kidnapping and other charges after he allegedly held a woman hostage before surrendering. The Journal Advocate reported Friday that Douglas Alward entered his plea in state court... more »

• Inmate pleads insanity to escape, hostage-taking

  August 27, 2011 12:17 AM

  STERLING, Colo. (AP) - An inmate who escaped from a maximum-security Colorado prison has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to kidnapping and other charges after he allegedly held a woman hostage before surrendering. The Journal Advocate reported Friday that Douglas Alward entered his plea in state court... more »

• PPCC announces new president

  May 25, 2011 2:54 PM

  Pikes Peak Community College has announced that Lance Bolton, Ph.D. has been appointed as the school's new president. Bolton is currently the president of Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado. He will assume his new role on June 13. Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System... more »

• Pueblo West and Lewis-Palmer eliminated from state tourney

  March 11, 2011 3:09 AM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Connor Ervin scored with 22.1 seconds left and had a key steal in the waning seconds Thursday, helping the Windsor Wizards beat the Pueblo West Cyclones 57-54 in the Class 4A state semifinals. Ervin's basket gave No. 9 Windsor (23-4) a 56-54 lead. He then stole... more »

• Dead inmate's mother searching for answers

  February 16, 2011 11:12 PM

  Early Saturday morning, Linda Sanchez received a call no mother ever wants to get. "She said I hate to tell you this over the phone but we found your son dead." explains Sanchez. Her son, 38 year old Cleveland Flood, an inmate at the Sterling Correctional Facility was found dead... more »

• Crime scene photo leaked by prison staff member

  February 16, 2011 12:21 AM

  On Saturday evening just before midnight, chaos broke out at the Sterling Correctional Facility. Inmate Cleveland Flood was assaulted by at least one other inmate. "He subsequently died and our staff found him," explains Katherine Sanguinetti, spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Corrections. Since then a graphic photo from... more »

• Colorado prison escapee charged with several crimes

  October 5, 2010 9:43 AM

  An inmate who broke out of a maximum security prison in northeast Colorado has been charged with escape, holding hostages and kidnapping. The Denver Post reports that Douglas Alward was also charged Monday with being a habitual criminal, first-degree burglary and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.... more »

• Public meeting planned on Colorado escape

  September 7, 2010 9:12 AM

  Colorado prison officials are holding a community meeting in Sterling to discuss the escape of an inmate from a maximum-security prison there. Department of Corrections Director Ari Zavaras and other department executives will attend the meeting Tuesday night on the campus of Northeastern Junior College. Douglas Alward was... more »

• New info: Captured prisoner held woman hostage

  August 25, 2010 2:23 PM

  An escaped prison inmate was captured in a modular home where he was holding a woman hostage, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections. That information is dramatically different from what was originally reported, that Douglas Alward was apprehended in a corn field. The hostage was not injured. ... more »

• Search for escaped Colorado inmate continues

  August 24, 2010 9:30 AM

  The search continues for an inmate who escaped from a maximum security prison in northeastern Colorado. Douglas Alward fled from the Sterling Correctional Facility about 100 miles northeast of Denver sometime Sunday night. He was serving a 20- to- 40-year sentence for attempted murder, assault, burglary and kidnapping. ... more »

• Jail escapee sought in northeast Colorado

  August 13, 2010 10:36 AM

  Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Logan County Detention Center in Sterling. The sheriff's office says 36-year-old Joel Elias Ocanas failed to return from work release Tuesday. An arrest warrant has been issued for his arrest. Authorities say Ocanas was being held on charges of... more »

• Escape reported at Sterling jail

  August 12, 2010 7:01 PM

  STERLING, Colo. (AP) - Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Logan County Detention Center in Sterling. The sheriff's office says 36-year-old Joel Elias Ocanas failed to return from work release Tuesday. An arrest warrant has been issued for his arrest. Authorities say Ocanas was being... more »