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Sunday Dec 13 | Denver Post

Inmate who won settlement after prison rape complains about being kept amid sex offenders

After paying a $70,000 settlement for failing to protect a burglar from a known prison rapist, the Colorado Department of Corrections has now transferred that burglar to a new home - surrounded by sex offenders.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons, Fremont Correctional Facility

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Denver Post

Murderer allegedly kills fellow inmate in Ca on City prison

A 51-year-old convicted killer who fatally shot his ex-wife and fiancee 16 years ago in Oregon allegedly killed a 50-year-old inmate in a Caon City prison, authorities say.

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Related Topix: Prison, Violent Crime, Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, State Prisons, Arapahoe County, CO

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Denver Post

Greene: No escaping this error in corrections

Alaska has its Bridge to Nowhere. We're shackled with a prison for nobody. The Colorado State Penitentiary II is a $208 million mothership of a maximum-security prison near completion in Caon City.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons, Bill Ritter , US Governors, Colorado, Colorado Government

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Denver Post

Editorial: Plan to privatize prison deserves consideration

A proposal to privatize a prison being built in Canon City - that the state cannot afford to staff - has drawn mostly jeers from state policymakers.

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Related Topix: Prison, Canon City, CO, State Prisons, Maximum Security, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Opinion

Tue Oct 13, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

New Problems For New Prison In Fremont CO.

State lawmakers are wondering what to do about a new state of the art maximum security prison that will not open because of a dwindling budget.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons, Canon City, CO

Sat Jun 06, 2009

Canon City Daily Record Newspaper

Final Closure

Rooms and hallways that once were alive with the sounds of everyday life now echo with only memories at the former Colorado Women's Correctional Facility.

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Related Topix: Prison, Colorado Women's Correctional Facility, State Prisons, Canon City, CO

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