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County sheriff sued over COVID-19 outbreak at Colorado jail

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. ADVERTISEMENT 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.

ACLU sues El Paso County Sheriff over jail s COVID-19 precautions

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 provide masks for inmates until late October and early November after two-thirds of the jail population tested positive for COVID-19.

Colorado inmates, relatives call coronavirus a death sentence, urge more early releases

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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