In these two companion cases, Disability Law United and co-counsel successfully challenged the lack of outdoor exercise for prisoners in administrative segregation in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Prison Outdoor Exercise Settlement Gets Final Approval and Some Good Press
Last Wednesday, Judge William Martínez granted final approval to the class action settlement in Decoteau v. Raemisch following a half-day hearing at which two named plaintiffs and several objectors spoke. (The Judge also indicated that a written opinion would be forthcoming.) This…