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$500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Forced to Defecate in Bucket for 12 Days

by David M. Reutter

On June 14, 2023, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve a state prisoner’s allegation that his Eighth Amendment guarantee of freedom from cruel and unusual punishment was violated when he was restrained and isolated in a “dry cell” without running ...

 

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