Denver judge rules Colorado Department of Corrections violates state constitution in prison labor program

Coerced Colorado prison labor amounts to involuntary servitude, judge rules

Colorado prisons officials forced inmates to work prison jobs through coercion that ultimately amounted to involuntary servitude, a Denver judge ruled Friday.

Judge rules state must end ‘slavery’ for its prison population * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Source link Some century and a half after slavery mostly ended across the rest of the United States, a federal judge now is ordering Colorado to end its own state slavery program. It involves forcing inmates in the state prison system to work. A report from KMGH-TV in Denver explains the case already is four years

Denver judge rules Colorado Department of Corrections violates state constitution in prison labor program

A Denver judge ruled that the Colorado Department of Corrections has been violating an amendment to the state constitution by requiring people in state prisons to work under threat of solitary confinement and other punishments.

Judge rules state must end 'slavery' for its prison population * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Inmates 'have a constitutional right to be free from involuntary servitude without exception'

Judge rules CDOC, Gov. Jared Polis violated Colorado Constitution by forcing prisoners to work

It's been four years in the making, but a judge has finally ruled in a class action lawsuit against the CDOC and Gov. Polis, finding they violated the state constitution by forcing prisoners to work.

Denver Judge Slaps Polis Over ‘Forced Labor’ In State Prisons

Denver judge found CDOC and Gov. Polis violated Colorado's constitution by coercing prisoners into work and ordered immediate injunctive relief.