AltWeeklies Wire
Inmates Claim Brutal Treatment After Riot at Private Prisonnew
More than 80 inmates are filing a lawsuit against the Crowley County Correctional Facility, claiming the company let conditions deteriorate before a riot broke out last year, then brutalized men who didn't participate in the uprising.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
08-31-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Former Congressman Dials In on the Telecom Warsnew
Tim Wirth, the former chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, says self-interest has eclipsed public interest in the communications industry.
The Embalming of Ma Bellnew
AT&T may have been the phone company for more than a century, but there's no monopoly on foolishness. They buried Ma Bell last month, but her legacy lives on.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
07-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Detention Costs Illegal Immigrant His Legnew
Moises Carranza-Reyes came to the United States looking for work. His lawyers say the poor medical care he received during eight days at a county jail resulted in the amputation of his leg.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
07-01-2005 |
Immigration
"If the Shoe Fits," "Welcome to America," and "Duke of Oil"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Bringing Down the Aryan Brotherhoodnew
Until a few years ago, Joseph Principe was a correctional officer at the highest-security prison in the country. Getting ensnared in a federal racketeering case made him an inmate.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
05-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
How a Rancher Got a Sweetheart Dealnew
Attorneys working under Solicitor William G. Myers III at the Department of the Interior agreed to a settlement that heavily favored a Wyoming rancher at the expense of their "client," the Bureau of Land Management. The repercussions continue.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
04-12-2005 |
Environment
Life in Prison Can Be a Riotnew
Low pay and high staff turnover contributed to the problems at Crowley County Correctional Facility, a private prison in Colorado. An investigation found that a July 20 riot there may have been due to improper use of force by staff.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
12-29-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Shipping Inmates to Private Prisons Costs Colorado Plentynew
Colorado inmates exiled to a private Mississippi prison called Tallahatchie have staged protests against substandard conditions there.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
12-29-2004 |
Crime & Justice
About a Boynew
Eighteen-month-old Kyran Leigh Gaston-Voss died in an explosion of rage. But was the killer his mother or her chief accuser?
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-30-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Perfect Husband Revealed as Perfect Crooknew
Marcia Simmons has uncovered disturbing information about the husband she never really knew. She's learned how difficult it is to pursue a fraud case against your spouse. And she's been frustrated by what she considers the foot-dragging of cops and prosecutors.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-17-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Anatomy of a Cover-up: What Officials Knew About Columbine Killersnew
Families who lost children in the attack on Columbine High School had their worst suspicions confirmed by a grand jury's findings: Top Jefferson County leaders knew something awful about prior police investigations of killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
10-04-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Rocky Mountain National Park Gets Loved to Deathnew
Besieged by 3 million visitors a year and another 3 million polluting neighbors at its doorstep, Colorado's premier national park is a vanishing wilderness.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
09-29-2004 |
Environment
Tags: Colorado, environment, National Park Service, Wildlife, Colorado River, Bear Lake Road, climbing guide, Coalition of Concerned National Park Service Retirees, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado's Fourteeners, elk herd, Enos Mills, Estes Park, Fort Collins or Boulder, George Wallace, Gerry Roach, Mark Magnuson, National Parks Conservation Association, natural resources, naturalist, nitrogen emissions, park biologist Karl Cordova, retirees, Rocky Mountains, RVs, U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Jill Baron
Doctors Jump Ship from Colorado Health Sciences Centernew
Colorado University is in the middle of an ambitious relocation of its Health Sciences Department. Some doctors, finding the split campus untenable, are heading elsewhere.
Tags: Health & Science
