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Judge declines to dismiss lawsuit of El Paso County jail detainee in extended solitary confinement
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A federal judge has declined to dismiss a constitutional rights lawsuit from an incarcerated man who alleged he was improperly held in solitary confinement for more than 200 days in the El Paso County jail. Willis Earl Jenkins Jr., representing himself, filed suit against two jail employees for allegedly confining him alone for 23 hours…
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Judge declines to dismiss lawsuit of El Paso County jail detainee in extended solitary confinement
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A federal judge has declined to dismiss a constitutional rights lawsuit from an incarcerated man who alleged he was improperly held in solitary confinement for more than 200 days in the El Paso County jail. Willis Earl Jenkins Jr., representing himself, filed suit against two jail employees for allegedly confining him alone for 23 hours…
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El Paso County jail detainee can’t sue over COVID-19 protocols, 10th Circuit says
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A man incarcerated at the El Paso County jail was barred from suing over the facility’s allegedly lax COVID-19 protocols because he failed to specifically follow the procedure for reporting a problem, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday. Under the federal Prison Litigation Reform Act, people who are incarcerated must “exhaust”…
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Coalition calls for commissioners to lead reforms at El Paso County jail following spate of deaths
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Sunlight glimmered off framed photographs of 18-year-old Dezaree Archuleta, placed in her memory outside the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in downtown Colorado Springs Tuesday morning. “I wish I could have helped her a little bit more. I feel like I failed her,” said Shelly Romero, Archuleta’s mother. Bouquets with yellow and red flowers were…
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El Paso County inmate died rapidly of COVID, autopsy finds
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A 64-year-old man with medical risk factors being held in the El Paso County jail died in the hospital just six days after he issued a request for medical help, citing symptoms consistent with the coronavirus, according to an autopsy. Wayne Baca was the first incarcerated person to die during an ongoing outbreak in the…
