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El Paso County this week agreed to pay $188,500 to settle a federal lawsuit claiming Sheriff Bill Elder retaliated against two former sheriffs employees after they reported a supervisor for

Eleven people have died in custody in El Paso County since January 2020, prompting Sheriff Bill Elder to look for reforms to make the jail a safer place — or

A 14-year El Paso County sheriffs deputy is accusing Sheriff Bill Elder of workplace discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed March 27. Timothy Williams, 58, "was a well-regarded, respected,

When 32-year-old Sean Williams was booked into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center on Jan. 26 on low level charges, he probably thought hed one day walk out a

When 32-year-old Sean Williams was booked into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center on Jan. 26 on low level charges, he probably thought hed one day walk out a

Sheriff Elder,I must seriously question your judgment and that of your staff after considering the public relations stunt you pulled last week.As anyone who grew up in a house with

Worries that potential co-conspirators in the murder of Colorado Corrections chief Tom Clements escaped criminal charges prompted the office of former Gov. John Hickenlooper to push corrections officials to hire a retired FBI agent to review the case and state policies, records and interviews show. The retired agent submitted his findings to the state in August 2018, but his report has never been shared with the public despite the state paying his firm nearly $40,000. The handling of the case h...

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 not given adequate equipment to protect themselves.  The more than 1,200 inmates that pass through the jail on any given day were not given a mask until the week before last — after the virus had infected hundreds of...

ACLU sues El Paso County Sheriff over jail’s COVID-19 precautions COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has filed a lawsuit against El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder for his how he handled the spread of COVID-19 in his jail. More than 1,000 El Paso County jail inmates tested positive for coronavirus in a late October outbreak, according to public health leaders. The ACLU lawsuit claims Sheriff Elder "acted with deliberate indifference by failing to...