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 popul...
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