by Amy F. Robertson | Dec 30, 2013 | Civil rights
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 feel the sun, rain or snow...
by Amy F. Robertson | Dec 18, 2013 | Civil rights, Systemic change litigation
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 is to say...
by Amy F. Robertson | Dec 17, 2013 | Civil rights, Systemic change litigation
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 and our co-counsel from...
by Amy F. Robertson | Dec 14, 2013 | News
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 a proper dinosaur photo...