The Denver Post published an editorial today supporting outdoor exercise for inmates in solitary, with a good discussion of our Anderson case and the recent follow-on class action. Now you may scoff at the idea of a prisoner’s right to…
Outdoor exercise lawsuit gets some press
KOAA, a TV station in Colorado Springs, covered the lawsuit we and DU’s Civil Rights Clinic filed yesterday, challenging the lack of outdoor exercise for inmates in solitary confinement at the Colorado State Penitentiary. There was even video, which…
No outdoor exercise in solitary: CREEC and the Civil Rights Clinic file class action against CDOC
Inmates in solitary confinement at the Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP) never get to exercise outside. In fact, unless they are being transported to another facility, to court, or to the hospital, they never go outdoors at all. Ever. Today, we…
We love the DU Civil Rights Clinic
We are once again co-counseling with the DU Civil Rights Clinic. The students’ first court appearance was last week. Since I was thoughtless enough to run off before we could take a proper courthouse-steps photo — or even…