Tag: Mark Silverstein
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New ACLU legal director Tim Macdonald on mentors and today’s top civil rights issues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tim Macdonald always believed lawyers have a responsibility to give back to their communities and represent disenfranchised people. Now he’s stepping away from corporate law and taking his talents to the ACLU of Colorado full time. The organization picked Macdonald as its new legal director,…
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ACLU of Colorado names Tim Macdonald as legal director
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The ACLU of Colorado has chosen its first new legal director in nearly 30 years. Tim Macdonald, who led a landmark trial last year over Denver police’s use of force during the 2020 George Floyd protests, will replace retiring Mark Silverstein. Macdonald comes to the…
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Q&A with Mark Silverstein | Three decades advocating for civil liberties in and out of court
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FAST FACTS: Mark Silverstein has worked for the American Civil Liberties Union for 31 years, including as the legal director since 1996 for the ACLU of Colorado He has announced his retirement from the organization,…
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El Paso County jail halts paper mail to inmates, sparking complaints
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amid a pandemic that’s roiled incarcerated populations across Colorado, people held at the El Paso County jail have lost an age-old comfort — the ability to keep letters, cards and photos in their cells. In a change that took effect in early April, the El Paso…
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El Paso County jail staff, inmates cite lack of masks in COVID-19 outbreak that became one of the largest in the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eight months into the pandemic and four months after the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received up to $15.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds, the county jail became the site of one of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreaks, with staff and inmates stating that they were…