Colorado's Understaffed Prisons Filled With Turmoil, Trouble
The staffing shortage, while largely invisible to people outside prison walls, could have profound impacts on public safety and the criminal justice system for years to come.
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The staffing shortage, while largely invisible to people outside prison walls, could have profound impacts on public safety and the criminal justice system for years to come.
Emergency personnel carry the driver of a black Cadillac with Colorado plates who was involved in a chase and shootout with police in Decatur, Texas, in March 2013. The driver, later identified as Evan Ebel, led police on a gunfire-filled chase through rural Montague County, crashed his car into a truck in Decatur, opened fire on authorities and was shot, officials said. Wise County Messenger via The Associated Press
In 2015, Nathan Leon was a San Diego-born documentary filmmaker making his first short feature film. His star was a 14-year-old theater kid from Oceanside who had never made a movie before. It was a big first career step for both of them, and it turned out to be the start of something even bigger. After making “Limbo,” Leon became a director, writer and producer for the Alabama-based Eternal World Television Network and “Limbo” became the inspiration for 2018’s “Prodigy,” Leon’s first independent feature film. Leon’s young actor did all right for himself, too. That actor m...
After 12 years as the Pikes Peak region’s top prosecutor, 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May says unfinished business will keep him tethered to the office — and the courtroom
El Paso County District Attorney Dan May, center, exits a courtroom during a hearing for Robert Dear on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dear, who killed three people in an attack on a Colorado abortion clinic, halted court proceedings by demanding that he be allowed to fire his public defender and represent himself. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT The Gazette File photos