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$232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Attorney Fees (PLRA), Settlements, Mail, Publications/Books

$232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement by Bob Williams The United States District Court for the District of Colorado on April 26, 2005, awarded $232,700 in fees ...

Colorado Teenagers Raped By Guards Settle For $165,000 Each

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Whistleblowing, Criminal Prosecution, Conspiracy, Settlements, Supervisory Liability, Failure to Train/Supervise, Hiring Liability, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons

Colorado Teenagers Raped By Guards Settle For $165,000 Each by Michael Rigby In August 2004, two teenage girls raped by guards at a Colorado juvenile prison settled their lawsuits for $165,000 apiece. Both girls had been imprisoned at the Youthful Offender System (YOS), which is operated by the Colorado Department …

PLN v. Hood, et al., CO, Complaint, censorship, 2003

Brief • December 10, 2003

Filed under: Complaints, PLN Litigation, Censorship

PLN v. Hood, et al., CO, Complaint, censorship, 2003 ...

Qualified Immunity Denied in CO Rape Case; Suit Settled for $70,000

Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Damages, Settlements, Qualified Immunity

Qualified Immunity Denied in CO Rape Case; Suit Settled for $70,000 by In an unpublished ruling, the Tenth Circuit has denied qualified immunity to prison officials who failed to protect a prisoner from being raped by another prisoner. Marvin Gray, a "large and powerful individual with a violent past," was …