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The Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility is a state prison in Ordway, Colorado. In the weeks since being diagnosed with COVID-19 in prison, 55-year-old John Peckham said he has been moved around to several housing units — sometimes in the middle of the night — where he said sick inmates and healthy inmates had to share toilets. That’s one of many troublesome things he’s experienced as the pandemic has tightened its grip on state prisons in recent months. He’s been given sack lunches ...

22 December 2020 What is the managers favourite win at Palace? Who was his best leader? How does he create a gameplan for each and every game? We asked Members and Season Ticket holders to submit their questions to Roy Hodgson, and you responded - weve picked out the best efforts and put them to the man himself. If youre facing technical difficulties within the app, please click here. Check out his answers below: Allan Adam and Paul Grant ­Well, thats a good questio...

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 da...

Today Mainly cloudy with snow showers around this morning. High 37F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 60%.. Tonight Scattered snow showers during the evening. Then partly to mostly cloudy overnight. Low around 25F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30%. Updated: April 16, 2021 @ 3:57 am

Today Cloudy with snow showers mainly during the morning. High 37F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 50%.. Tonight A few snow showers scattered about the area this evening, otherwise a good deal of clouds. Low around 25F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30%. Updated: April 16, 2021 @ 7:08 am

Aurora settles $285,000 police brutality lawsuit without admitting liability ACLU: Racially biased policing embedded in department The City of Aurora has agreed to pay $285,000 to settle a police brutality lawsuit, filed by a Latino resident. and last updated 2020-12-12 12:17:41-05 AURORA, Colo. -- The City of Aurora has agreed to pay $285,000 to settle a police brutality lawsuit filed by 32-year old Jamie Torres. The ACLU says Torres was "illegally ordered out of his home" and "unjustifiably b...

Aurora Police to pay man $285,000 settlement for ordering him out of home, slamming him on ground A lawsuit by the ACLU said Aurora officers ordered a man to leave his home and slammed him out on the ground while he was fixing his car in the garage. Author: Allison Sylte Updated: 9:03 AM MST December 11, 2020 AURORA, Colo. — The Aurora Police Department (APD) will pay a $285,000 settlement for ordering a Latino man out of his home and slamming him on the ground...

Over the next two years, more examples of alleged brutality by Aurora Police Department officers against people of color have surfaced, the most infamous involving the death of Elijah McClain in August 2019 following what an attorney representing his family describes as extended torture. In a recently filed court document, Aurora claims that its actions were justified in the McClain case — but the city has now agreed to settle the Torres complaint for $285,000. Aurora issued this statement a...