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Federal judges in Colorado denied overwhelming majority of requests to release inmates for COVID-19

Jan 24, 2021

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by

Michael Karlik

in Denver Metro News

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Out of two dozen requests for sentence reductions from inmates concerned about their health amid the pandemic, federal judges in Colorado approved only three in the final four months of 2020. Known as compassionate release, a 2018 change in the law allows federal inmates to…
More than half of the inmates infected in COVID-19 outbreak at Colorado prison

Nov 23, 2020

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by

Mary Shinn

in Denver, State, National News

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A men’s prison in Crowley County east of Pueblo is battling the largest active COVID-19 outbreak among state correctional facilities. As many as 551 inmates have active cases at Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, accounting for well over half of the 993 inmates housed at the…