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State prison populations plummet in 2020, new report shows
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County sheriff sued over COVID-19 outbreak at Colorado jail
December 14, 2020 GMT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has sued a county sheriff, claiming jail inmates went months without access to masks as confirmed COVID-19 cases increased in the facility.
The group filed the 36-page complaint in U.S. District Court on Sunday against El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder alleging widespread failures at the jail and “deliberate indifference” to the dangers of the virus resulting in more than 1,000 inmates contracting COVID-19 in late October, The Gazette reported.
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More than 1,000 inmates and 165 workers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the jail website. The sheriff reports that eight workers and 14 inmates remain positive.
At 84 years old, Anthony Martinez is nearly blind and deaf. He can no longer walk on his own and his kidneys are failing. He struggles to write his own name, his niece says, a sign of brain deterioration after more than 30 years in prison.
And though he seemingly poses little threat to anyone, he remains confined at Sterling Correctional Facility, among those at highest risk of falling victim to COVID-19, which has sickened hundreds of his fellow inmates and killing six at the northeast Colorado prison.
“I’m afraid the first time I see my uncle is going to be at his funeral,” said his niece, Kelly Brasier, who has been working to secure his early release.
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